SOLUTION: simplify the radical expression (square root of 3 +5)(square root of 3-3)

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Question 83941: simplify the radical expression

(square root of 3 +5)(square root of 3-3)
Answer by tutorcecilia(2152) About Me  (Show Source):
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%28%28sqrt%283%29%2B5%29%28sqrt%283%29-3%29%29 [use the distributive property to multiply]
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%28%28%283%29-3sqrt%283%29%2B5sqrt%283%29-15%29%29 [combine like-terms]
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%28%283%29%2B2sqrt%283%29-15%29
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%28-12%2B2sqrt%283%29%29