How do you simplify (8−√3)(4−√3)?

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Tash
Mar 14, 2018

35−12√3

Explanation:

To multiply out this you do the same thing as what you would do with a polynomial. Therefore you need to multiply each term in the bracket by each term in the other bracket:
8×4=32
8×(−√3)=−8√3
(−√3)×4=−4√3
(−√3)×(−√3)=3

Then you can collect like terms and simplify:
32+3−8√3−4√3=35−12√3

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