Question

How do you simplify `(sqrt3+sqrt5)^2`?

Answer 1

`=(sqrt(3) + sqrt(5))(sqrt(3) + sqrt(5))`

`= sqrt(9) + sqrt(15) + sqrt(15) + sqrt(25)`

`= 3 + 2sqrt(15) + 5`

`=8 + 2sqrt(15)`

Hopefully this helps!