How do you simplify $(-12+sqrt48)/4$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2018-03-14T01:58:14

See a solution process below:

First we can rewrite the radical as:

$(-12 + sqrt(16 * 3))/4 =>$

$(-12 + sqrt(16)sqrt(3))/4 =>$

$(-12 + 4sqrt(3))/4 =>$

$-12/4 + (4sqrt(3))/4 =>$

$-3 + sqrt(3)$

How do you simplify (-12+sqrt48)/4(-12+sqrt48)/4?