Basic Math Examples

$| \sqrt{5} - 2.5 | + | \sqrt{5} - 2 |$

Step 1

Simplify each term.

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Step 1.1

Subtract $2.5$ from $\sqrt{5}$ .

$| - 0.26393202 | + | \sqrt{5} - 2 |$

Step 1.2

The absolute value is the distance between a number and zero. The distance between $- 0.26393202$ and $0$ is $0.26393202$ .

$0.26393202 + | \sqrt{5} - 2 |$

Step 1.3

$\sqrt{5} - 2$ is approximately $0.23606797$ which is positive so remove the absolute value

$0.26393202 + \sqrt{5} - 2$

Step 2

Subtract $2$ from $0.26393202$ .

$- 1.73606797 + \sqrt{5}$

Step 3

The result can be shown in multiple forms.

Exact Form:

$- 1.73606797 + \sqrt{5}$

Decimal Form:

$0.5$