| Exam Board | Edexcel |
| Module | AEA (Advanced Extension Award) |
| Year | 2003 |
| Session | June |
| Topic | Laws of Logarithms |
6.(a)Show that
$$\sqrt { 2 + \sqrt { 3 } } - \sqrt { 2 - \sqrt { 3 } } = \sqrt { 2 }$$
(b)Hence prove that
$$\log _ { \frac { 1 } { 8 } } ( \sqrt { 2 + \sqrt { 3 } } - \sqrt { 2 - \sqrt { 3 } } ) = - \frac { 1 } { 6 } .$$
(c)Find all possible pairs of integers \(a\) and \(n\) such that
$$\log _ { \frac { 1 } { n } } ( \sqrt { a + \sqrt { 15 } } - \sqrt { a - \sqrt { 15 } } ) = - \frac { 1 } { 2 } .$$