Basic Math Examples

$| \sqrt{2} - \sqrt{5} |$

Step 1

$\sqrt{2} - \sqrt{5}$ is approximately $- 0.82185441$ which is negative so negate $\sqrt{2} - \sqrt{5}$ and remove the absolute value

$- (\sqrt{2} - \sqrt{5})$

Step 2

Apply the distributive property.

$- \sqrt{2} - - \sqrt{5}$

Step 3

Multiply $- - \sqrt{5}$ .

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Step 3.1

Multiply $- 1$ by $- 1$ .

$- \sqrt{2} + 1 \sqrt{5}$

Step 3.2

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

$- \sqrt{2} + \sqrt{5}$

Step 4

The result can be shown in multiple forms.

Exact Form:

$- \sqrt{2} + \sqrt{5}$

Decimal Form:

$0.82185441 \dots$