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OpenStudy (kittiwitti1):

@amistre64 @ganeshie8 @phi

ganeshie8 (ganeshie8):

whats the conjugate of \(1+\sqrt{2}\) ?

ganeshie8 (ganeshie8):

do you know what conjugate means ? )

OpenStudy (kittiwitti1):

\[1-\sqrt{2}\]

ganeshie8 (ganeshie8):

good, multiply that top and bottom

ganeshie8 (ganeshie8):

\[\dfrac{1-\sqrt{2}}{1+\sqrt{2}}\] \[\dfrac{(1-\sqrt{2})\color{red}{(1-\sqrt{2})}}{(1+\sqrt{2})\color{red}{(1-\sqrt{2})}}\]

OpenStudy (kittiwitti1):

I did and got \[\frac{-1-\sqrt{2}}{1+\sqrt{2}-\sqrt{2+2}}\]...wait, I might've done something wrong --\[\frac{3+\sqrt{2}}{2}?\]

ganeshie8 (ganeshie8):

nope, you may use the identities : \[(a+b)(a-b)=a^2-b^2\] and \[(a-b)^2 = a^2-2ab+b^2\]

OpenStudy (kittiwitti1):

wha

OpenStudy (kittiwitti1):

brb one sec then lol

ganeshie8 (ganeshie8):

if you're not familiar with those identities, you may simply multiply the binomials and simplify

ganeshie8 (ganeshie8):

you should get : \[\dfrac{1-\sqrt{2}}{1+\sqrt{2}}\] \[\dfrac{(1-\sqrt{2})\color{red}{(1-\sqrt{2})}}{(1+\sqrt{2})\color{red}{(1-\sqrt{2})}}\] \[\dfrac{1-2\sqrt{2}+2}{1-2}\] \[\dfrac{3-2\sqrt{2}}{-1}\] \[-3+2\sqrt{2}\]

OpenStudy (kittiwitti1):

okay so I got \[\frac{1-2}{1^{2}-2(1)(\sqrt{2})+\sqrt{2}^{2}}=\frac{-1}{1-2\sqrt{2}+2}=\frac{-1}{3-\sqrt{2}}\]

OpenStudy (kittiwitti1):

I mean on the bottom of the last fraction:\[3+2\sqrt{2}\]

OpenStudy (kittiwitti1):

what I got it upside down 0-0??

OpenStudy (kittiwitti1):

oh I mixed up the formulas whoops

OpenStudy (kittiwitti1):

sorry!

ganeshie8 (ganeshie8):

yeah looks you have used the wrong identities, thats okay.. try again :)

OpenStudy (kittiwitti1):

lol okay, I got this one -- what about the other one o-o

OpenStudy (kittiwitti1):

@ganeshie8 I got \[\frac{1^{2}-2(1)(\sin{x})+sin^{2}{x}}{1^{2}-sin^{2}{x}}=\frac{1-2\sin{2}+\sin^{2}{x}}{1-sin^{2}{x}}\]

OpenStudy (kittiwitti1):

sinx in second equation*

OpenStudy (kittiwitti1):

and the bottom part translates to \[cos^{2}{x}\]

ganeshie8 (ganeshie8):

looks good to me !

OpenStudy (kittiwitti1):

alright thanks :)

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