I don't understand how I could calculate this: $3\sqrt2 - \sqrt{32} + \sqrt{\dfrac{80}{16}}$
My answer is $-\sqrt2 + \sqrt5$, but the real answer should be $\dfrac{9-4\sqrt2}{4}$.
I don't understand how I could calculate this: $3\sqrt2 - \sqrt{32} + \sqrt{\dfrac{80}{16}}$
My answer is $-\sqrt2 + \sqrt5$, but the real answer should be $\dfrac{9-4\sqrt2}{4}$.
As commenters pointed out, $80$ should be $81$. The radicals simplify as follows: $$ 3\sqrt2 - \sqrt{32} + \sqrt{\dfrac{81}{16}} = 3\sqrt{2}- \sqrt{16} \sqrt{2} +\frac94 = (3-4)\sqrt{2}+\frac94 = \frac94-\sqrt{2} $$