Precalculus (6th Edition) Blitzer

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Chapter P - Section P.3 - Radicals and Rational Exponents - Exercise Set - Page 48: 139

Answer

$4$

Work Step by Step

Rationalize the denominator of part of the radicand. We have $\frac{7}{3+\sqrt 2}=\frac{7}{3+\sqrt 2}\times\frac{3-\sqrt 2}{3-\sqrt 2}=\frac{21-7\sqrt 2}{9-2}=3-\sqrt 2$. Thus the original expression becomes $\sqrt {13+\sqrt 2+3-\sqrt 2}=\sqrt {16}=4$
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