Edexcel C1 2010 January — Question 2

Exam BoardEdexcel
ModuleC1 (Core Mathematics 1)
Year2010
SessionJanuary
TopicIndices and Surds

  1. Expand and simplify \(( 7 + \sqrt { 5 } ) ( 3 - \sqrt { 5 } )\).
  2. Express \(\frac { 7 + \sqrt { 5 } } { 3 + \sqrt { 5 } }\) in the form \(a + b \sqrt { 5 }\), where \(a\) and \(b\) are integers.