Edexcel C1 2016 June — Question 3

Exam BoardEdexcel
ModuleC1 (Core Mathematics 1)
Year2016
SessionJune
TopicIndices and Surds

  1. Simplify $$\sqrt { 50 } - \sqrt { 18 }$$ giving your answer in the form \(a \sqrt { 2 }\), where \(a\) is an integer.
  2. Hence, or otherwise, simplify $$\frac { 12 \sqrt { 3 } } { \sqrt { 50 } - \sqrt { 18 } }$$ giving your answer in the form \(b \sqrt { c }\), where \(b\) and \(c\) are integers and \(b \neq 1\)