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OpenStudy (anonymous):

HELP!!! I WILL FAN AND MEDAL YOU!! Which statement is true about the product square root of 2(5 + square root of 8)? It is rational and equal to 7. It is rational and equal to 9. It is irrational and equal to 4 + square root of 10. It is irrational and equal to 4 + 5square root of 2.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

use wolframalpha

OpenStudy (anonymous):

what??????????????

OpenStudy (anonymous):

its a site

OpenStudy (anonymous):

ok ill try tht

OpenStudy (anonymous):

i don't get the page

OpenStudy (anonymous):

its confusing

OpenStudy (anonymous):

@dan815 can u help me??

OpenStudy (anonymous):

\[2(5+\sqrt8)\]?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

square root of 2 too

OpenStudy (anonymous):

\[\sqrt2(5+\sqrt8)\]?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

yes

OpenStudy (anonymous):

distribute the \(\sqrt2\) and get \[5\sqrt2+\sqrt{16}\]

OpenStudy (anonymous):

fortunately you know that \(\sqrt{16}=4\) so you can also write this as \[4+5\sqrt2\]

OpenStudy (anonymous):

go with It is irrational and equal to 4 + 5square root of 2.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

that wasn't so bad was it?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

oh ok yeah that makes sense. thank u

OpenStudy (anonymous):

yw

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