How do you simplify #20sqrt10+12+(-75sqrt2)-9sqrt5 #?
1 Answer
Oct 8, 2015
Explanation:
Your starting expression looks like this
#20sqrt(10) + 12 -75sqrt(2) - 9sqrt(5)#
Right from the start, you can say that
As far as the other terms are concerned, you don't really have that much elbow room. You could try to write
#20sqrt(10) = 20sqrt(2 * 5) = 20 * sqrt(2) * sqrt(5)#
Now you could use
#12 + 5sqrt(2) * (4sqrt(5) - 15) - 9sqrt(5)#
Now you could maybe use
#3 * (4 - 3sqrt(5)) + 5sqrt(2) * (4sqrt(5) - 15)#
And that's about it.