Asked by Nickie

Subtract (2)/(4+sqrt6) - (2)/(4-sqrt6).

Can someone explain how to do this to me?

Answers

Answered by Nickie
Ok, so I tried to work it out myself. I think I have to rationalize the denominator for each fraction and then subtract those two answers.
Answered by Reiny
That would work, but have you noticed that the denominators are conjugates of each other?
so let's do it by finding a common denominator which would be (4+√6)(4-√6) = 16 - 6 = 10
so we have

2/(4+√6) - 2/(4-√6)
= (2(4-√6) - 2(4 +√6) )/10
= (8 - 2√6 - 8 - 2√6)/10
= -4√6/10
= -2√6 /5
Answered by Karizzma
thank you
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