Question
Answer
$$\dfrac{7}{-7+\sqrt{2}}=\dfrac{-49-7\sqrt{2}}{47}$$
Explanation
Tap the blue circles to see an explanation.
| $$ \begin{aligned}\frac{7}{-7+\sqrt{2}}& \xlongequal{ \color{blue}{ \text{\normalsize{ \htmlClass{explanationCircle explanationCircle1}{\textcircled {1}} } }}}\frac{7}{-7+\sqrt{2}}\frac{-7-\sqrt{2}}{-7-\sqrt{2}} \xlongequal{ } \\[1 em] & \xlongequal{ \color{blue}{ \text{\normalsize{ \htmlClass{explanationCircle explanationCircle2}{\textcircled {2}} } }}}\frac{-49-7\sqrt{2}}{49+7\sqrt{2}-7\sqrt{2}-2} \xlongequal{ } \\[1 em] & \xlongequal{ \color{blue}{ \text{\normalsize{ \htmlClass{explanationCircle explanationCircle3}{\textcircled {3}} } }}}\frac{-49-7\sqrt{2}}{47}\end{aligned} $$ | |
| ① | Multiply the numerator and denominator by the conjugate of the denominator . $$\color{blue}{ -7- \sqrt{2}} $$. |
| ② | Multiply in a numerator. $$ \color{blue}{ 7 } \cdot \left( -7- \sqrt{2}\right) = \color{blue}{7} \cdot-7+\color{blue}{7} \cdot- \sqrt{2} = \\ = -49- 7 \sqrt{2} $$ Simplify denominator. $$ \color{blue}{ \left( -7 + \sqrt{2}\right) } \cdot \left( -7- \sqrt{2}\right) = \color{blue}{-7} \cdot-7\color{blue}{-7} \cdot- \sqrt{2}+\color{blue}{ \sqrt{2}} \cdot-7+\color{blue}{ \sqrt{2}} \cdot- \sqrt{2} = \\ = 49 + 7 \sqrt{2}- 7 \sqrt{2}-2 $$ |
| ③ | Simplify numerator and denominator |
This page was created using
Rationalize Denominator Calculator