Tap the blue circles to see an explanation.
$$ \begin{aligned}\frac{4+\sqrt{6}}{\sqrt{6}+1}& \xlongequal{ \color{blue}{ \text{\normalsize{ \htmlClass{explanationCircle explanationCircle1}{\textcircled {1}} } }}}\frac{4+\sqrt{6}}{\sqrt{6}+1}\frac{\sqrt{6}-1}{\sqrt{6}-1} \xlongequal{ } \\[1 em] & \xlongequal{ \color{blue}{ \text{\normalsize{ \htmlClass{explanationCircle explanationCircle2}{\textcircled {2}} } }}}\frac{4\sqrt{6}-4+6-\sqrt{6}}{6-\sqrt{6}+\sqrt{6}-1} \xlongequal{ } \\[1 em] & \xlongequal{ \color{blue}{ \text{\normalsize{ \htmlClass{explanationCircle explanationCircle3}{\textcircled {3}} } }}}\frac{3\sqrt{6}+2}{5}\end{aligned} $$ | |
① | Multiply the numerator and denominator by the conjugate of the denominator . $$\color{blue}{ \sqrt{6}-1} $$. |
② | Multiply in a numerator. $$ \color{blue}{ \left( 4 + \sqrt{6}\right) } \cdot \left( \sqrt{6}-1\right) = \color{blue}{4} \cdot \sqrt{6}+\color{blue}{4} \cdot-1+\color{blue}{ \sqrt{6}} \cdot \sqrt{6}+\color{blue}{ \sqrt{6}} \cdot-1 = \\ = 4 \sqrt{6}-4 + 6- \sqrt{6} $$ Simplify denominator. $$ \color{blue}{ \left( \sqrt{6} + 1\right) } \cdot \left( \sqrt{6}-1\right) = \color{blue}{ \sqrt{6}} \cdot \sqrt{6}+\color{blue}{ \sqrt{6}} \cdot-1+\color{blue}{1} \cdot \sqrt{6}+\color{blue}{1} \cdot-1 = \\ = 6- \sqrt{6} + \sqrt{6}-1 $$ |
③ | Simplify numerator and denominator |