Fill in the blank with one of the words or phrases listed below.

-The ــــــــــــــof $\sqrt { 3 } + 2$ is $\sqrt { 3 } - 2$
A) conjugate
B) index
C) principal square root
D) radicand

Question

Fill in the blank with one of the words or phrases listed below.

-The ــــــــــــــof $\sqrt { 3 } + 2$ is $\sqrt { 3 } - 2$
A) conjugate 
B) index 
C) principal square root 
D) radicand

Quizplus · Accepted Answer

The conjugate of a binomial $\sqrt { 3 } + 2$ is $\sqrt { 3 } - 2$, where the sign between the two terms is reversed.

Fill in the Blank with One of the Words or Phrases