Question
Answer
$$\dfrac{5}{\sqrt{7}-\sqrt{2}}=\sqrt{7}+\sqrt{2}$$
Explanation
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| $$ \begin{aligned}\frac{5}{\sqrt{7}-\sqrt{2}}& \xlongequal{ \color{blue}{ \text{\normalsize{ \htmlClass{explanationCircle explanationCircle1}{\textcircled {1}} } }}}\frac{5}{\sqrt{7}-\sqrt{2}}\frac{\sqrt{7}+\sqrt{2}}{\sqrt{7}+\sqrt{2}} \xlongequal{ } \\[1 em] & \xlongequal{ \color{blue}{ \text{\normalsize{ \htmlClass{explanationCircle explanationCircle2}{\textcircled {2}} } }}}\frac{5\sqrt{7}+5\sqrt{2}}{7+\sqrt{14}-\sqrt{14}-2} \xlongequal{ } \\[1 em] & \xlongequal{ \color{blue}{ \text{\normalsize{ \htmlClass{explanationCircle explanationCircle3}{\textcircled {3}} } }}}\frac{5\sqrt{7}+5\sqrt{2}}{5} \xlongequal{ } \\[1 em] & \xlongequal{ \color{blue}{ \text{\normalsize{ \htmlClass{explanationCircle explanationCircle4}{\textcircled {4}} } }}}\frac{\sqrt{7}+\sqrt{2}}{1} \xlongequal{ } \\[1 em] & \xlongequal{ \color{blue}{ \text{\normalsize{ \htmlClass{explanationCircle explanationCircle5}{\textcircled {5}} } }}}\sqrt{7}+\sqrt{2}\end{aligned} $$ | |
| ① | Multiply the numerator and denominator by the conjugate of the denominator . $$\color{blue}{ \sqrt{7} + \sqrt{2}} $$. |
| ② | Multiply in a numerator. $$ \color{blue}{ 5 } \cdot \left( \sqrt{7} + \sqrt{2}\right) = \color{blue}{5} \cdot \sqrt{7}+\color{blue}{5} \cdot \sqrt{2} = \\ = 5 \sqrt{7} + 5 \sqrt{2} $$ Simplify denominator. $$ \color{blue}{ \left( \sqrt{7}- \sqrt{2}\right) } \cdot \left( \sqrt{7} + \sqrt{2}\right) = \color{blue}{ \sqrt{7}} \cdot \sqrt{7}+\color{blue}{ \sqrt{7}} \cdot \sqrt{2}\color{blue}{- \sqrt{2}} \cdot \sqrt{7}\color{blue}{- \sqrt{2}} \cdot \sqrt{2} = \\ = 7 + \sqrt{14}- \sqrt{14}-2 $$ |
| ③ | Simplify numerator and denominator |
| ④ | Divide both numerator and denominator by 5. |
| ⑤ | Remove 1 from denominator. |
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