Question #0e278

1 Answer
Oct 13, 2016

3sqrt(2)-4sqrt(5)

Explanation:

In this question, it was establish that 4sqrt(5)-3sqrt(2) is a square root of 98-sqrt(10). To get the other square root, we can simply multiply by -1.

Notice that for any x, we have

x^2 = 1x^2 = (-1)^2x^2 = (-x)^2

meaning that if x is a square root of x^2, then so is -x. Applying that here, we get the other square root as

-(4sqrt(5)-3sqrt(2)) = 3sqrt(2)-4sqrt(5)