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Arrange and in increasing order.

Class 9Number SystemsNumber Systems
  • A
  • B
  • C
  • D

Step-by-Step Solution

Pull the coefficients inside the root: and . Now compare 12 < 15 < 18, so (about 3.46, 3.87, 4.24).
Answer: C)

Key idea: Rationalising the denominator

To clean up a fraction with a surd in the denominator, multiply numerator and denominator by something that makes the denominator rational.

**Single surd**: → multiply by → .

**Sum/difference with surds**: → multiply by the **conjugate** .

The conjugate trick uses the difference-of-squares identity .

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