Intermediate Algebra for College Students (7th Edition)

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ISBN 10: 0-13417-894-7
ISBN 13: 978-0-13417-894-3

Chapter 7 - Section 7.5 - Multiplying with More Than One Term and Rationalizing Denominators - Exercise Set - Page 552: 134

Answer

The graphs of both functions are the same.

Work Step by Step

Given \begin{equation} \begin{aligned} & \frac{3}{\sqrt{x+3}-\sqrt{x}}=\sqrt{x+3}+\sqrt{x} \\ & {[0,8,1] \text { by }[0,6,1]} \end{aligned} \end{equation} Let \begin{equation} \begin{aligned} f(x)&= \frac{3}{\sqrt{x+3}-\sqrt{x}}\\ g(x)&=\sqrt{x+3}+\sqrt{x}\\ \end{aligned} \end{equation} The graphs of both functions are shown in the figure and are clearly the same. We can prove this by rationalizing the denominator. \begin{equation} \begin{aligned} g(x) & =\frac{3}{\sqrt{x+3}-\sqrt{x}}\cdot \frac{\sqrt{x+3}+\sqrt{x}}{\sqrt{x+3}+\sqrt{x}} \\ & = \frac{3\left( \sqrt{x+3}+\sqrt{x}\right)}{x+3-x}\\ &= \sqrt{x+3}+\sqrt{x} \end{aligned} \end{equation}
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