Tap the blue circles to see an explanation.
$$ \begin{aligned}\frac{1}{2\sqrt{5}-\sqrt{3}}& \xlongequal{ \color{blue}{ \text{\normalsize{ \htmlClass{explanationCircle explanationCircle1}{\textcircled {1}} } }}}\frac{1}{2\sqrt{5}-\sqrt{3}}\frac{2\sqrt{5}+\sqrt{3}}{2\sqrt{5}+\sqrt{3}} \xlongequal{ } \\[1 em] & \xlongequal{ \color{blue}{ \text{\normalsize{ \htmlClass{explanationCircle explanationCircle2}{\textcircled {2}} } }}}\frac{2\sqrt{5}+\sqrt{3}}{20+2\sqrt{15}-2\sqrt{15}-3} \xlongequal{ } \\[1 em] & \xlongequal{ \color{blue}{ \text{\normalsize{ \htmlClass{explanationCircle explanationCircle3}{\textcircled {3}} } }}}\frac{2\sqrt{5}+\sqrt{3}}{17}\end{aligned} $$ | |
① | Multiply the numerator and denominator by the conjugate of the denominator . $$\color{blue}{ 2 \sqrt{5} + \sqrt{3}} $$. |
② | Multiply in a numerator. $$ \color{blue}{ 1 } \cdot \left( 2 \sqrt{5} + \sqrt{3}\right) = \color{blue}{1} \cdot 2 \sqrt{5}+\color{blue}{1} \cdot \sqrt{3} = \\ = 2 \sqrt{5} + \sqrt{3} $$ Simplify denominator. $$ \color{blue}{ \left( 2 \sqrt{5}- \sqrt{3}\right) } \cdot \left( 2 \sqrt{5} + \sqrt{3}\right) = \color{blue}{ 2 \sqrt{5}} \cdot 2 \sqrt{5}+\color{blue}{ 2 \sqrt{5}} \cdot \sqrt{3}\color{blue}{- \sqrt{3}} \cdot 2 \sqrt{5}\color{blue}{- \sqrt{3}} \cdot \sqrt{3} = \\ = 20 + 2 \sqrt{15}- 2 \sqrt{15}-3 $$ |
③ | Simplify numerator and denominator |