Surds Q/A1: Surds Simplified! Learn How I Solved Complex Surd Problem

Hello guys!
It’s another beautiful day to interact with Mathematics in this amazing community.

In today’s video, I solved a surd problem that required simplifying a complex surd expression to its simplest form.

Since the given surd was in the form of a fraction, I applied the fraction addition method by first finding the Lowest Common Multiple (LCM) of the denominators. After that, I divided the LCM by each denominator, multiplied the result by the corresponding numerator, and then simplified to obtain the final simplest standard form of the surd, which is 2√5.

I hope this explanation is both educative and helpful, especially for students who find it challenging to solve such problems.

See the detailed workings in the white board below;

Tools Used

Graphics tablet/Pen
Miro online white board
Laptop

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