How do you simplify 5/(8+square root of 7)?
1 Answer
Explanation:
Since the equation
Instead, you must multiply by the conjugate of
Multiplying by the conjugate,
Since the denominator consists of two binomials, you must FOIL it. The 5 on the numerator can simply be distributed. If you are unsure as to what FOILing is, reference this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FOIL_method
After the previous step, you are left with:
Which cannot be simplified any further.