Square Root of Number Plus or Minus Square Root/Examples

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Examples of Use of Square Root of Number Plus or Minus Square Root

\(\ds \sqrt {2 - \sqrt 3}\) \(=\) \(\ds \sqrt {\dfrac {2 + \sqrt {2^2 - 3} } 2} - \sqrt {\dfrac {2 - \sqrt {2^2 - 3} } 2}\)
\(\ds \) \(=\) \(\ds \sqrt {\dfrac 3 2} - \sqrt {\dfrac 1 2}\)
\(\ds \) \(=\) \(\ds \dfrac {\sqrt 3 - 1} {\sqrt 2}\)


\(\ds \sqrt {3 - \sqrt 8}\) \(=\) \(\ds \sqrt {\dfrac {3 + \sqrt {3^2 - 8} } 2} - \sqrt {\dfrac {3 - \sqrt {3^2 - 8} } 2}\)
\(\ds \) \(=\) \(\ds \sqrt {\dfrac 4 2} - \sqrt {\dfrac 2 2}\)
\(\ds \) \(=\) \(\ds \sqrt 2 - 1\)