Algebra Examples

$\frac{\sqrt{7} - \sqrt{5}}{\sqrt{12} + \sqrt{7}}$

Step 1

Simplify the denominator.

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Step 1.1

Rewrite $12$ as $2^{2} \cdot 3$ .

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Step 1.1.1

Factor $4$ out of $12$ .

$\frac{\sqrt{7} - \sqrt{5}}{\sqrt{4 (3)} + \sqrt{7}}$

Step 1.1.2

Rewrite $4$ as $2^{2}$ .

$\frac{\sqrt{7} - \sqrt{5}}{\sqrt{2^{2} \cdot 3} + \sqrt{7}}$

Step 1.2

Pull terms out from under the radical.

$\frac{\sqrt{7} - \sqrt{5}}{| 2 | \sqrt{3} + \sqrt{7}}$

Step 1.3

The absolute value is the distance between a number and zero. The distance between $0$ and $2$ is $2$ .

$\frac{\sqrt{7} - \sqrt{5}}{2 \sqrt{3} + \sqrt{7}}$

Step 2

Multiply $\frac{\sqrt{7} - \sqrt{5}}{2 \sqrt{3} + \sqrt{7}}$ by $\frac{2 \sqrt{3} - \sqrt{7}}{2 \sqrt{3} - \sqrt{7}}$ .

$\frac{\sqrt{7} - \sqrt{5}}{2 \sqrt{3} + \sqrt{7}} \cdot \frac{2 \sqrt{3} - \sqrt{7}}{2 \sqrt{3} - \sqrt{7}}$

Step 3

Multiply $\frac{\sqrt{7} - \sqrt{5}}{2 \sqrt{3} + \sqrt{7}}$ by $\frac{2 \sqrt{3} - \sqrt{7}}{2 \sqrt{3} - \sqrt{7}}$ .

$\frac{(\sqrt{7} - \sqrt{5}) (2 \sqrt{3} - \sqrt{7})}{(2 \sqrt{3} + \sqrt{7}) (2 \sqrt{3} - \sqrt{7})}$

Step 4

Expand the denominator using the FOIL method.

$\frac{(\sqrt{7} - \sqrt{5}) (2 \sqrt{3} - \sqrt{7})}{4 {\sqrt{3}}^{2} - 2 \sqrt{21} + 2 \sqrt{21} - {\sqrt{7}}^{2}}$

Step 5

Simplify.

$\frac{(\sqrt{7} - \sqrt{5}) (2 \sqrt{3} - \sqrt{7})}{5}$

Step 6

Expand $(\sqrt{7} - \sqrt{5}) (2 \sqrt{3} - \sqrt{7})$ using the FOIL Method.

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Step 6.1

Apply the distributive property.

$\frac{\sqrt{7} (2 \sqrt{3} - \sqrt{7}) - \sqrt{5} (2 \sqrt{3} - \sqrt{7})}{5}$

Step 6.2

Apply the distributive property.

$\frac{\sqrt{7} (2 \sqrt{3}) + \sqrt{7} (- \sqrt{7}) - \sqrt{5} (2 \sqrt{3} - \sqrt{7})}{5}$

Step 6.3

Apply the distributive property.

$\frac{\sqrt{7} (2 \sqrt{3}) + \sqrt{7} (- \sqrt{7}) - \sqrt{5} (2 \sqrt{3}) - \sqrt{5} (- \sqrt{7})}{5}$

Step 7

Simplify each term.

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Step 7.1

Multiply $\sqrt{7} (2 \sqrt{3})$ .

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Step 7.1.1

Combine using the product rule for radicals.

$\frac{2 \sqrt{7 \cdot 3} + \sqrt{7} (- \sqrt{7}) - \sqrt{5} (2 \sqrt{3}) - \sqrt{5} (- \sqrt{7})}{5}$

Step 7.1.2

Multiply $7$ by $3$ .

$\frac{2 \sqrt{21} + \sqrt{7} (- \sqrt{7}) - \sqrt{5} (2 \sqrt{3}) - \sqrt{5} (- \sqrt{7})}{5}$

Step 7.2

Multiply $\sqrt{7} (- \sqrt{7})$ .

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Step 7.2.1

Raise $\sqrt{7}$ to the power of $1$ .

$\frac{2 \sqrt{21} - ({\sqrt{7}}^{1} \sqrt{7}) - \sqrt{5} (2 \sqrt{3}) - \sqrt{5} (- \sqrt{7})}{5}$

Step 7.2.2

Raise $\sqrt{7}$ to the power of $1$ .

$\frac{2 \sqrt{21} - ({\sqrt{7}}^{1} {\sqrt{7}}^{1}) - \sqrt{5} (2 \sqrt{3}) - \sqrt{5} (- \sqrt{7})}{5}$

Step 7.2.3

Use the power rule $a^{m} a^{n} = a^{m + n}$ to combine exponents.

$\frac{2 \sqrt{21} - {\sqrt{7}}^{1 + 1} - \sqrt{5} (2 \sqrt{3}) - \sqrt{5} (- \sqrt{7})}{5}$

Step 7.2.4

Add $1$ and $1$ .

$\frac{2 \sqrt{21} - {\sqrt{7}}^{2} - \sqrt{5} (2 \sqrt{3}) - \sqrt{5} (- \sqrt{7})}{5}$

Step 7.3

Rewrite ${\sqrt{7}}^{2}$ as $7$ .

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Step 7.3.1

Use $\sqrt[n]{a^{x}} = a^{\frac{x}{n}}$ to rewrite $\sqrt{7}$ as $7^{\frac{1}{2}}$ .

$\frac{2 \sqrt{21} - {(7^{\frac{1}{2}})}^{2} - \sqrt{5} (2 \sqrt{3}) - \sqrt{5} (- \sqrt{7})}{5}$

Step 7.3.2

Apply the power rule and multiply exponents, ${(a^{m})}^{n} = a^{m n}$ .

$\frac{2 \sqrt{21} - 7^{\frac{1}{2} \cdot 2} - \sqrt{5} (2 \sqrt{3}) - \sqrt{5} (- \sqrt{7})}{5}$

Step 7.3.3

Combine $\frac{1}{2}$ and $2$ .

$\frac{2 \sqrt{21} - 7^{\frac{2}{2}} - \sqrt{5} (2 \sqrt{3}) - \sqrt{5} (- \sqrt{7})}{5}$

Step 7.3.4

Cancel the common factor of $2$ .

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Step 7.3.4.1

Cancel the common factor.

$\frac{2 \sqrt{21} - 7^{\frac{2}{2}} - \sqrt{5} (2 \sqrt{3}) - \sqrt{5} (- \sqrt{7})}{5}$

Step 7.3.4.2

Rewrite the expression.

$\frac{2 \sqrt{21} - 7^{1} - \sqrt{5} (2 \sqrt{3}) - \sqrt{5} (- \sqrt{7})}{5}$

Step 7.3.5

Evaluate the exponent.

$\frac{2 \sqrt{21} - 1 \cdot 7 - \sqrt{5} (2 \sqrt{3}) - \sqrt{5} (- \sqrt{7})}{5}$

Step 7.4

Multiply $- 1$ by $7$ .

$\frac{2 \sqrt{21} - 7 - \sqrt{5} (2 \sqrt{3}) - \sqrt{5} (- \sqrt{7})}{5}$

Step 7.5

Multiply $- \sqrt{5} (2 \sqrt{3})$ .

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Step 7.5.1

Multiply $2$ by $- 1$ .

$\frac{2 \sqrt{21} - 7 - 2 \sqrt{5} \sqrt{3} - \sqrt{5} (- \sqrt{7})}{5}$

Step 7.5.2

Combine using the product rule for radicals.

$\frac{2 \sqrt{21} - 7 - 2 \sqrt{3 \cdot 5} - \sqrt{5} (- \sqrt{7})}{5}$

Step 7.5.3

Multiply $3$ by $5$ .

$\frac{2 \sqrt{21} - 7 - 2 \sqrt{15} - \sqrt{5} (- \sqrt{7})}{5}$

Step 7.6

Multiply $- \sqrt{5} (- \sqrt{7})$ .

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Step 7.6.1

Multiply $- 1$ by $- 1$ .

$\frac{2 \sqrt{21} - 7 - 2 \sqrt{15} + 1 \sqrt{5} \sqrt{7}}{5}$

Step 7.6.2

Multiply $\sqrt{5}$ by $1$ .

$\frac{2 \sqrt{21} - 7 - 2 \sqrt{15} + \sqrt{5} \sqrt{7}}{5}$

Step 7.6.3

Combine using the product rule for radicals.

$\frac{2 \sqrt{21} - 7 - 2 \sqrt{15} + \sqrt{5 \cdot 7}}{5}$

Step 7.6.4

Multiply $5$ by $7$ .

$\frac{2 \sqrt{21} - 7 - 2 \sqrt{15} + \sqrt{35}}{5}$

Step 8

The result can be shown in multiple forms.

Exact Form:

$\frac{2 \sqrt{21} - 7 - 2 \sqrt{15} + \sqrt{35}}{5}$

Decimal Form:

$0.06705289 \dots$