Problema Solution

Find difference between radical numbers

What is the length of on the number line below?

square root of 18 and square root of 50

Answer provided by our tutors

Length =  Square root of 50 - square root of 18

= square root of ( 2 x 25) - square root of ( 2 x 9 )

= square root of ( 2 x 5 square) - square root of ( 2 x 3 square )

= 5 square root of 2 - 3 square root of 2

= 2 square root of 2