Simplify ( square root of 3- square root of 2)^2

${(\sqrt{3} - \sqrt{2})}^{2}$

Rewrite ${(\sqrt{3} - \sqrt{2})}^{2}$ as $(\sqrt{3} - \sqrt{2}) (\sqrt{3} - \sqrt{2})$ .

$(\sqrt{3} - \sqrt{2}) (\sqrt{3} - \sqrt{2})$

Expand $(\sqrt{3} - \sqrt{2}) (\sqrt{3} - \sqrt{2})$ using the FOIL Method.

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Apply the distributive property.

$\sqrt{3} (\sqrt{3} - \sqrt{2}) - \sqrt{2} (\sqrt{3} - \sqrt{2})$

Apply the distributive property.

$\sqrt{3} \sqrt{3} + \sqrt{3} (- \sqrt{2}) - \sqrt{2} (\sqrt{3} - \sqrt{2})$

Apply the distributive property.

$\sqrt{3} \sqrt{3} + \sqrt{3} (- \sqrt{2}) - \sqrt{2} \sqrt{3} - \sqrt{2} (- \sqrt{2})$

Simplify and combine like terms.

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Simplify each term.

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Combine using the product rule for radicals.

$\sqrt{3 \cdot 3} + \sqrt{3} (- \sqrt{2}) - \sqrt{2} \sqrt{3} - \sqrt{2} (- \sqrt{2})$

Multiply $3$ by $3$ .

$\sqrt{9} + \sqrt{3} (- \sqrt{2}) - \sqrt{2} \sqrt{3} - \sqrt{2} (- \sqrt{2})$

Rewrite $9$ as $3^{2}$ .

$\sqrt{3^{2}} + \sqrt{3} (- \sqrt{2}) - \sqrt{2} \sqrt{3} - \sqrt{2} (- \sqrt{2})$

Pull terms out from under the radical, assuming positive real numbers.

$3 + \sqrt{3} (- \sqrt{2}) - \sqrt{2} \sqrt{3} - \sqrt{2} (- \sqrt{2})$

Multiply $\sqrt{3} (- \sqrt{2})$ .

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Combine using the product rule for radicals.

$3 - \sqrt{3 \cdot 2} - \sqrt{2} \sqrt{3} - \sqrt{2} (- \sqrt{2})$

Multiply $3$ by $2$ .

$3 - \sqrt{6} - \sqrt{2} \sqrt{3} - \sqrt{2} (- \sqrt{2})$

Multiply $- \sqrt{2} \sqrt{3}$ .

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Combine using the product rule for radicals.

$3 - \sqrt{6} - \sqrt{3 \cdot 2} - \sqrt{2} (- \sqrt{2})$

Multiply $3$ by $2$ .

$3 - \sqrt{6} - \sqrt{6} - \sqrt{2} (- \sqrt{2})$

Multiply $- \sqrt{2} (- \sqrt{2})$ .

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Multiply $- 1$ by $- 1$ .

$3 - \sqrt{6} - \sqrt{6} + 1 \sqrt{2} \sqrt{2}$

Multiply $\sqrt{2}$ by $1$ .

$3 - \sqrt{6} - \sqrt{6} + \sqrt{2} \sqrt{2}$

Raise $\sqrt{2}$ to the power of $1$ .

$3 - \sqrt{6} - \sqrt{6} + {\sqrt{2}}^{1} \sqrt{2}$

Raise $\sqrt{2}$ to the power of $1$ .

$3 - \sqrt{6} - \sqrt{6} + {\sqrt{2}}^{1} {\sqrt{2}}^{1}$

Use the power rule $a^{m} a^{n} = a^{m + n}$ to combine exponents.

$3 - \sqrt{6} - \sqrt{6} + {\sqrt{2}}^{1 + 1}$

Add $1$ and $1$ .

$3 - \sqrt{6} - \sqrt{6} + {\sqrt{2}}^{2}$

Rewrite ${\sqrt{2}}^{2}$ as $2$ .

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Use $\sqrt[n]{a^{x}} = a^{\frac{x}{n}}$ to rewrite $\sqrt{2}$ as $2^{\frac{1}{2}}$ .

$3 - \sqrt{6} - \sqrt{6} + {(2^{\frac{1}{2}})}^{2}$

Apply the power rule and multiply exponents, ${(a^{m})}^{n} = a^{m n}$ .

$3 - \sqrt{6} - \sqrt{6} + 2^{\frac{1}{2} \cdot 2}$

Combine $\frac{1}{2}$ and $2$ .

$3 - \sqrt{6} - \sqrt{6} + 2^{\frac{2}{2}}$

Cancel the common factor of $2$ .

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Cancel the common factor.

$3 - \sqrt{6} - \sqrt{6} + 2^{\frac{2}{2}}$

Divide $1$ by $1$ .

$3 - \sqrt{6} - \sqrt{6} + 2^{1}$

Evaluate the exponent.

$3 - \sqrt{6} - \sqrt{6} + 2$

Add $3$ and $2$ .

$5 - \sqrt{6} - \sqrt{6}$

Subtract $\sqrt{6}$ from $- \sqrt{6}$ .

$5 - 2 \sqrt{6}$

The result can be shown in multiple forms.

Exact Form:

$5 - 2 \sqrt{6}$

Decimal Form:

$0.10102051 \dots$

Simplify ( square root of 3- square root of 2)^2

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