How do you simplify (4sqrt3 - 5sqrt2 ) * (2sqrt3 + 3sqrt2)?

1 Answer
Apr 2, 2015

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

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

8sqrt(3*3) +12sqrt(3*2) -10sqrt(2*3) -15sqrt(2*2) =

8sqrt(3^2) + 12sqrt(6) - 10sqrt(6) - 15sqrt(2^2) =

8*3 + 12sqrt(6) - 10sqrt(6) - 15*2 =

24 + sqrt(6) * (12 - 10) - 30 =

Answer: 2sqrt(6) - 6