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Surds and rationalising

A Math · Secondary 3 · Hard · Surds and rationalising

Without using a calculator, simplify

\dfrac{3\sqrt{18}-\sqrt{8}}{\sqrt{2}}

into the form

a\sqrt{2}+b\sqrt{3}

, where

a

and

b

are integers. What is the value of

a

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