Question
Answer
$$\dfrac{6}{\sqrt{7}-1}=\sqrt{7}+1$$
Explanation
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| $$ \begin{aligned}\frac{6}{\sqrt{7}-1}& \xlongequal{ \color{blue}{ \text{\normalsize{ \htmlClass{explanationCircle explanationCircle1}{\textcircled {1}} } }}}\frac{6}{\sqrt{7}-1}\frac{\sqrt{7}+1}{\sqrt{7}+1} \xlongequal{ } \\[1 em] & \xlongequal{ \color{blue}{ \text{\normalsize{ \htmlClass{explanationCircle explanationCircle2}{\textcircled {2}} } }}}\frac{6\sqrt{7}+6}{7+\sqrt{7}-\sqrt{7}-1} \xlongequal{ } \\[1 em] & \xlongequal{ \color{blue}{ \text{\normalsize{ \htmlClass{explanationCircle explanationCircle3}{\textcircled {3}} } }}}\frac{6\sqrt{7}+6}{6} \xlongequal{ } \\[1 em] & \xlongequal{ \color{blue}{ \text{\normalsize{ \htmlClass{explanationCircle explanationCircle4}{\textcircled {4}} } }}}\frac{\sqrt{7}+1}{1} \xlongequal{ } \\[1 em] & \xlongequal{ \color{blue}{ \text{\normalsize{ \htmlClass{explanationCircle explanationCircle5}{\textcircled {5}} } }}}\sqrt{7}+1\end{aligned} $$ | |
| ① | Multiply the numerator and denominator by the conjugate of the denominator . $$\color{blue}{ \sqrt{7} + 1} $$. |
| ② | Multiply in a numerator. $$ \color{blue}{ 6 } \cdot \left( \sqrt{7} + 1\right) = \color{blue}{6} \cdot \sqrt{7}+\color{blue}{6} \cdot1 = \\ = 6 \sqrt{7} + 6 $$ Simplify denominator. $$ \color{blue}{ \left( \sqrt{7}-1\right) } \cdot \left( \sqrt{7} + 1\right) = \color{blue}{ \sqrt{7}} \cdot \sqrt{7}+\color{blue}{ \sqrt{7}} \cdot1\color{blue}{-1} \cdot \sqrt{7}\color{blue}{-1} \cdot1 = \\ = 7 + \sqrt{7}- \sqrt{7}-1 $$ |
| ③ | Simplify numerator and denominator |
| ④ | Divide both numerator and denominator by 6. |
| ⑤ | Remove 1 from denominator. |
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