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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;-&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;The expression is so complicated that we first need to simplify it. We start with the three fractions, &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;+&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;The expression is so complicated that we first need to simplify it. We start with the three fractions, &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;&lt;ins style=&quot;color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;1/&lt;/ins&gt;\&lt;ins style=&quot;color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;!&lt;/ins&gt;\sqrt{3}&lt;ins style=&quot;color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt;&lt;/ins&gt;, &lt;ins style=&quot;color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;&amp;lt;math&amp;gt;1/&lt;/ins&gt;\&lt;ins style=&quot;color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;!&lt;/ins&gt;\sqrt{5}&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt; and &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;1&lt;ins style=&quot;color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;/\!&lt;/ins&gt;\sqrt{2}&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt;, which contain root signs and multiply their numerators and denominators in such a way that the root signs end up only in the numerators&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;-&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;lt;math&amp;gt;\&lt;del style=&quot;color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;frac{1}{&lt;/del&gt;\sqrt{3}&lt;del style=&quot;color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;}&lt;/del&gt;,\&lt;del style=&quot;color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;quad \frac{1}{&lt;/del&gt;\sqrt{5&lt;del style=&quot;color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;}&lt;/del&gt;}&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;+&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;-&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;and &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;+&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;-&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;lt;math&amp;gt;&lt;del style=&quot;color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;\frac{&lt;/del&gt;1&lt;del style=&quot;color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;}{&lt;/del&gt;\sqrt{2&lt;del style=&quot;color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;}&lt;/del&gt;}&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt;, which contain root signs and multiply their numerators and denominators in such a way that the root signs end up only in the numerators&lt;del style=&quot;color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;:&lt;/del&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;+&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;+&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;{{Displayed math||&amp;lt;math&amp;gt;\frac{\dfrac{1}{\sqrt{3}}-\dfrac{1}{\sqrt{5}}}{\dfrac{1}{\sqrt{2}}-\dfrac{1}{2}} = \frac{\dfrac{1}{\sqrt{3}}\cdot\dfrac{\sqrt{3}}{\sqrt{3}}-\dfrac{1}{\sqrt{5}}\cdot\dfrac{\sqrt{5}}{\sqrt{5}}}{\dfrac{1}{\sqrt{2}}\cdot \dfrac{\sqrt{2}}{\sqrt{2}}-\dfrac{1}{2}} = \frac{\dfrac{\sqrt{3}}{3}-\dfrac{\sqrt{5}}{5}}{\dfrac{\sqrt{2}}{2}-\dfrac{1}{2}}\,\textrm{.}&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt;}}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;-&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;del style=&quot;color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;&amp;lt;math&amp;gt;\frac{\frac{1}{\sqrt{3}}-\frac{1}{\sqrt{5}}}{\frac{1}{\sqrt{2}}-\frac{1}{2}}=\frac{\frac{1}{\sqrt{3}}\centerdot \frac{\sqrt{3}}{\sqrt{3}}-\frac{1}{\sqrt{5}}\centerdot \frac{\sqrt{5}}{\sqrt{5}}}{\frac{1}{\sqrt{2}}\centerdot \frac{\sqrt{2}}{\sqrt{2}}-\frac{1}{2}}=\frac{\frac{\sqrt{3}}{3}-\frac{\sqrt{5}}{5}}{\frac{\sqrt{2}}{2}-\frac{1}{2}}&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt;&lt;/del&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;+&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Then, multiply the top and bottom  of the fraction by 2 so that we get rid of the fractions in the denominator&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;-&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;+&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;-&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;+&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;-&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Then, multiply the top and bottom  of the fraction by &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;+&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;-&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;del style=&quot;color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;&amp;lt;math&amp;gt;\text{&lt;/del&gt;2&lt;del style=&quot;color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;}&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt;&lt;/del&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;+&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;-&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;so that we get rid of the fractions in the denominator&lt;del style=&quot;color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;:&lt;/del&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;+&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;-&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;+&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;-&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;+&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;-&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;del style=&quot;color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;&amp;lt;math&amp;gt;\frac{\left( \frac{\sqrt{3}}{3}-\frac{\sqrt{5}}{5} \right)\centerdot 2}{\left( \frac{\sqrt{2}}{2}-\frac{1}{2} \right)\centerdot 2}=\frac{\frac{2\sqrt{3}}{3}-\frac{2\sqrt{5}}{5}}{\frac{2\sqrt{2}}{2}-\frac{2}{2}}=\frac{\frac{2\sqrt{3}}{3}-\frac{2\sqrt{5}}{5}}{\sqrt{2}-1}&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt;&lt;/del&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;+&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;+&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;{{Displayed math||&amp;lt;math&amp;gt;\frac{\Bigl(\dfrac{\sqrt{3}}{3}-\dfrac{\sqrt{5}}{5}\Bigr)\cdot 2}{\Bigl(\dfrac{\sqrt{2}}{2}-\dfrac{1}{2}\Bigr)\cdot 2} = \frac{\dfrac{2\sqrt{3}}{3}-\dfrac{2\sqrt{5}}{5}}{\dfrac{2\sqrt{2}}{2}-\dfrac{2}{2}} = \frac{\dfrac{2\sqrt{3}}{3}-\dfrac{2\sqrt{5}}{5}}{\sqrt{2}-1}\,\textrm{.}&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt;}}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Now, we can multiply the top and bottom by the conjugate of the denominator &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Now, we can multiply the top and bottom by the conjugate of the denominator &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;lt;math&amp;gt;\sqrt{2}+1&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt;, to get an expression without roots in the denominator.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;lt;math&amp;gt;\sqrt{2}+1&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt;, to get an expression without roots in the denominator.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;-&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;+&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ins style=&quot;color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;{{Displayed math||&lt;/ins&gt;&amp;lt;math&amp;gt;\begin{align}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;-&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;lt;math&amp;gt;\begin{align}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;+&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;\frac{\&lt;ins style=&quot;color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;dfrac&lt;/ins&gt;{2\sqrt{3}}{3}-\&lt;ins style=&quot;color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;dfrac&lt;/ins&gt;{2\sqrt{5}}{5}}{\sqrt{2}-1}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;-&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;del style=&quot;color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;&amp;amp; &lt;/del&gt;\frac{\&lt;del style=&quot;color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;frac&lt;/del&gt;{2\sqrt{3}}{3}-\&lt;del style=&quot;color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;frac&lt;/del&gt;{2\sqrt{5}}{5}}{\sqrt{2}-1}=\frac{\&lt;del style=&quot;color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;frac&lt;/del&gt;{2\sqrt{3}}{3}-\&lt;del style=&quot;color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;frac&lt;/del&gt;{2\sqrt{5}}{5}}{\sqrt{2}-1}\&lt;del style=&quot;color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;centerdot &lt;/del&gt;\frac{\sqrt{2}+1}{\sqrt{2}+1}=\frac{\&lt;del style=&quot;color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;left&lt;/del&gt;( \&lt;del style=&quot;color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;frac&lt;/del&gt;{2\sqrt{3}}{3}-\&lt;del style=&quot;color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;frac&lt;/del&gt;{2\sqrt{5}}{5} \&lt;del style=&quot;color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;right&lt;/del&gt;)&lt;del style=&quot;color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;\left&lt;/del&gt;( \sqrt{2}+1 &lt;del style=&quot;color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;\right&lt;/del&gt;)}{&lt;del style=&quot;color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;\left&lt;/del&gt;( \sqrt{2} &lt;del style=&quot;color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;\right&lt;/del&gt;)^{2}-1^{2}} \\ &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;+&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ins style=&quot;color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;&amp;amp;&lt;/ins&gt;= \frac{\&lt;ins style=&quot;color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;dfrac&lt;/ins&gt;{2\sqrt{3}}{3}-\&lt;ins style=&quot;color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;dfrac&lt;/ins&gt;{2\sqrt{5}}{5}}{\sqrt{2}-1}\&lt;ins style=&quot;color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;cdot&lt;/ins&gt;\frac{\sqrt{2}+1}{\sqrt{2}+1}&lt;ins style=&quot;color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;\\[10pt]&lt;/ins&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;-&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;amp; =\frac{\&lt;del style=&quot;color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;frac&lt;/del&gt;{2\sqrt{3}\sqrt{2}}{3}+\&lt;del style=&quot;color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;frac&lt;/del&gt;{2\sqrt{3}\&lt;del style=&quot;color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;centerdot &lt;/del&gt;1}{3}-\&lt;del style=&quot;color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;frac&lt;/del&gt;{2\sqrt{5}\sqrt{2}}{5}-\&lt;del style=&quot;color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;frac&lt;/del&gt;{2\sqrt{5}\&lt;del style=&quot;color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;centerdot &lt;/del&gt;1}{5}}{2-1}=\frac{\&lt;del style=&quot;color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;frac&lt;/del&gt;{2}{3}\sqrt{3\&lt;del style=&quot;color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;centerdot &lt;/del&gt;2}+\&lt;del style=&quot;color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;frac&lt;/del&gt;{2}{3}\sqrt{3}-\&lt;del style=&quot;color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;frac&lt;/del&gt;{2}{5}\sqrt{&lt;del style=&quot;color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;10&lt;/del&gt;}-\&lt;del style=&quot;color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;frac&lt;/del&gt;{2}{5}\sqrt{5}}{1} \\ &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;+&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ins style=&quot;color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;&amp;amp;&lt;/ins&gt;= \frac{\&lt;ins style=&quot;color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Bigl&lt;/ins&gt;(\&lt;ins style=&quot;color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;dfrac&lt;/ins&gt;{2\sqrt{3}}{3}-\&lt;ins style=&quot;color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;dfrac&lt;/ins&gt;{2\sqrt{5}}{5}\&lt;ins style=&quot;color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Bigr&lt;/ins&gt;)(\sqrt{2}+1)}{(\sqrt{2})^{2}-1^{2}}\\&lt;ins style=&quot;color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;[10pt] &lt;/ins&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;-&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;amp; =\frac{2}{3}\sqrt{6}+\frac{2}{3}\sqrt{3}-\frac{2}{5}\sqrt{10}-\frac{2}{5}\sqrt{5} \\ &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;+&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;amp;= \frac{\&lt;ins style=&quot;color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;dfrac&lt;/ins&gt;{2\sqrt{3}\sqrt{2}}{3}+\&lt;ins style=&quot;color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;dfrac&lt;/ins&gt;{2\sqrt{3}\&lt;ins style=&quot;color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;cdot &lt;/ins&gt;1}{3}-\&lt;ins style=&quot;color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;dfrac&lt;/ins&gt;{2\sqrt{5}\sqrt{2}}{5}-\&lt;ins style=&quot;color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;dfrac&lt;/ins&gt;{2\sqrt{5}\&lt;ins style=&quot;color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;cdot &lt;/ins&gt;1}{5}}{2-1}&lt;ins style=&quot;color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;\\[10pt]&lt;/ins&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;-&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;\end{align}&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;+&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ins style=&quot;color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;&amp;amp;&lt;/ins&gt;= \frac{\&lt;ins style=&quot;color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;dfrac&lt;/ins&gt;{2}{3}\sqrt{3\&lt;ins style=&quot;color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;cdot &lt;/ins&gt;2}+\&lt;ins style=&quot;color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;dfrac&lt;/ins&gt;{2}{3}\sqrt{3}-\&lt;ins style=&quot;color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;dfrac&lt;/ins&gt;{2}{5}\sqrt{&lt;ins style=&quot;color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;2\cdot 5&lt;/ins&gt;}-\&lt;ins style=&quot;color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;dfrac&lt;/ins&gt;{2}{5}\sqrt{5}}{1}\\&lt;ins style=&quot;color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;[10pt]&lt;/ins&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;+&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;amp;= \frac{2}{3}\sqrt{6}+\frac{2}{3}\sqrt{3}-\frac{2}{5}\sqrt{10}-\frac{2}{5}\sqrt{5}\&lt;ins style=&quot;color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;,&lt;/ins&gt;\&lt;ins style=&quot;color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;textrm{.}&lt;/ins&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;+&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;\end{align}&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt;&lt;ins style=&quot;color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;}}&lt;/ins&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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			<pubDate>Tue, 30 Sep 2008 12:49:55 GMT</pubDate>			<dc:creator>Tek</dc:creator>			<comments>http://wiki.sommarmatte.se/wikis/2009/bridgecourse1-ImperialCollege/index.php/Talk:Solution_3.1:6c</comments>		</item>
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			<title>Ian at 09:24, 23 September 2008</title>
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;-&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;{{&lt;del style=&quot;color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;NAVCONTENT_START&lt;/del&gt;}}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;+&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ins style=&quot;color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;The expression is so complicated that we first need to simplify it. We start with the three fractions, &lt;/ins&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;-&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;lt;&lt;del style=&quot;color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;center&lt;/del&gt;&amp;gt; &lt;del style=&quot;color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;[[Image:3_1_6c-&lt;/del&gt;1&lt;del style=&quot;color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;(&lt;/del&gt;2&lt;del style=&quot;color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;).gif]] &lt;/del&gt;&amp;lt;/&lt;del style=&quot;color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;center&lt;/del&gt;&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;+&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ins style=&quot;color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;&amp;lt;math&amp;gt;\frac&lt;/ins&gt;{&lt;ins style=&quot;color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;1}&lt;/ins&gt;{&lt;ins style=&quot;color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;\sqrt{3&lt;/ins&gt;}}&lt;ins style=&quot;color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;,\quad \frac{1}{\sqrt{5}}&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt;&lt;/ins&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;-&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;{{&lt;del style=&quot;color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;NAVCONTENT_STOP&lt;/del&gt;}}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;+&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ins style=&quot;color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;and &lt;/ins&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;-&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;{{&lt;del style=&quot;color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;NAVCONTENT_START&lt;/del&gt;}}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;+&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;lt;&lt;ins style=&quot;color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;math&lt;/ins&gt;&amp;gt;&lt;ins style=&quot;color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;\frac{&lt;/ins&gt;1&lt;ins style=&quot;color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;}{\sqrt{&lt;/ins&gt;2&lt;ins style=&quot;color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;}}&lt;/ins&gt;&amp;lt;/&lt;ins style=&quot;color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;math&lt;/ins&gt;&amp;gt;&lt;ins style=&quot;color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;, which contain root signs and multiply their numerators and denominators in such a way that the root signs end up only in the numerators:&lt;/ins&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;-&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;lt;&lt;del style=&quot;color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;center&lt;/del&gt;&amp;gt; &lt;del style=&quot;color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;[[Image&lt;/del&gt;:&lt;del style=&quot;color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;3_1_6c&lt;/del&gt;-2(2)&lt;del style=&quot;color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;.gif]] &lt;/del&gt;&amp;lt;/&lt;del style=&quot;color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;center&lt;/del&gt;&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;+&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;-&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;{{&lt;del style=&quot;color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;NAVCONTENT_STOP&lt;/del&gt;}}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;+&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;+&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ins style=&quot;color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;&amp;lt;math&amp;gt;\frac&lt;/ins&gt;{&lt;ins style=&quot;color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;\frac&lt;/ins&gt;{&lt;ins style=&quot;color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;1&lt;/ins&gt;}&lt;ins style=&quot;color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;{\sqrt{3&lt;/ins&gt;}&lt;ins style=&quot;color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;}-\frac&lt;/ins&gt;{&lt;ins style=&quot;color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;1}&lt;/ins&gt;{&lt;ins style=&quot;color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;\sqrt{5&lt;/ins&gt;}}&lt;ins style=&quot;color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;}{\frac{1}{\sqrt{2}}-\frac{1}{2}}=\frac{\frac{1}{\sqrt{3}}\centerdot \frac{\sqrt{3}}{\sqrt{3}}-\frac{1}{\sqrt{5}}\centerdot \frac{\sqrt{5}}{\sqrt{5}}}{\frac{1}{\sqrt{2}}\centerdot \frac{\sqrt{2}}{\sqrt{2}}-\frac{1}{2}}=\frac{\frac{\sqrt{3}}{3}-\frac{\sqrt{5}}{5}}{\frac{\sqrt{2}}{2}-\frac{1}{2}}&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt;&lt;/ins&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;+&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;+&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;+&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ins style=&quot;color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Then, multiply the top and bottom  of the fraction by &lt;/ins&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;+&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;lt;&lt;ins style=&quot;color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;math&lt;/ins&gt;&amp;gt;&lt;ins style=&quot;color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;\text{2}&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt;&lt;/ins&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;+&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ins style=&quot;color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;so that we get rid of the fractions in the denominator&lt;/ins&gt;:&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;+&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;+&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;+&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ins style=&quot;color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;&amp;lt;math&amp;gt;\frac{\left( \frac{\sqrt{3}}{3}&lt;/ins&gt;-&lt;ins style=&quot;color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;\frac{\sqrt{5}}{5} \right)\centerdot &lt;/ins&gt;2&lt;ins style=&quot;color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;}{\left&lt;/ins&gt;( &lt;ins style=&quot;color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;\frac{\sqrt{&lt;/ins&gt;2&lt;ins style=&quot;color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;}}{2}-\frac{1}{2} \right&lt;/ins&gt;)&lt;ins style=&quot;color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;\centerdot 2}=\frac{\frac{2\sqrt{3}}{3}-\frac{2\sqrt{5}}{5}}{\frac{2\sqrt{2}}{2}-\frac{2}{2}}=\frac{\frac{2\sqrt{3}}{3}-\frac{2\sqrt{5}}{5}}{\sqrt{2}-1}&lt;/ins&gt;&amp;lt;/&lt;ins style=&quot;color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;math&lt;/ins&gt;&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;+&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;+&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;+&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ins style=&quot;color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Now, we can multiply the top and bottom by the conjugate of the denominator &lt;/ins&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;+&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ins style=&quot;color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;&amp;lt;math&amp;gt;\sqrt&lt;/ins&gt;{&lt;ins style=&quot;color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;2}+1&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt;, to get an expression without roots in the denominator.&lt;/ins&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;+&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ins style=&quot;color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;&amp;lt;math&amp;gt;\begin&lt;/ins&gt;{&lt;ins style=&quot;color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;align&lt;/ins&gt;}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;+&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ins style=&quot;color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;&amp;amp; \frac{\frac{2\sqrt{3&lt;/ins&gt;}&lt;ins style=&quot;color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;}{3}-\frac{2\sqrt{5}}{5}}{\sqrt{2}-1}=\frac{\frac{2\sqrt{3}}{3}-\frac{2\sqrt{5}}{5}}{\sqrt{2}-1}\centerdot \frac{\sqrt{2}+1}{\sqrt{2}+1}=\frac{\left( \frac{2\sqrt{3}}{3}-\frac{2\sqrt{5}}{5} \right)\left( \sqrt{2}+1 \right)}{\left( \sqrt{2} \right)^{2}-1^{2}} \\ &lt;/ins&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;+&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ins style=&quot;color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;&amp;amp; =\frac{\frac{2\sqrt{3}\sqrt{2}}{3}+\frac{2\sqrt{3}\centerdot 1}{3}-\frac{2\sqrt{5}\sqrt{2}}{5}-\frac{2\sqrt{5}\centerdot 1}{5}}{2-1}=\frac{\frac{2}{3}\sqrt{3\centerdot 2}+\frac{2}{3}\sqrt{3}-\frac{2}{5}\sqrt{10}-\frac{2}{5}\sqrt{5}}{1} \\ &lt;/ins&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;+&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ins style=&quot;color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;&amp;amp; =\frac{2}{3}\sqrt{6}+\frac{2}{3}\sqrt{3}-\frac{2}{5}\sqrt{10}-\frac{2}{5}\sqrt{5} \\ &lt;/ins&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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