SOLUTION: simplify::: 1 - radical 3 all over 3 + radical 2

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Question 403822: simplify:::
1 - radical 3 all over 3 + radical 2
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simplify:::
1 - radical 3 all over 3 + radical 2
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%281+-+sqrt%283%29%29%2F%283+%2B+sqrt%282%29%29
Multiply NUM and DEN by the conjugate of the DEN
=
= %283+-3sqrt%283%29+-+sqrt%282%29+%2B+sqrt%286%29%29%2F%289+-+2%29
= %283+-3sqrt%283%29+-+sqrt%282%29+%2B+sqrt%286%29%29%2F7
=~ -0.16584