<s>[INST] Simplify this simple expression? So the expression is  $-(1/3)(1/2)^{3/2} + 1/3 - (1/3)(1/\sqrt{2})^3$. 
The answer in my book is $1/3(1 - 1/\sqrt{2})$. But that simplifies to $1/3 - 1/3\sqrt{2}$.  How come it isn't $1/3 + 2(-1/\sqrt{2})$, which is what I got.
 [/INST] $ −\frac 13(\frac 12)^{\frac 32}+\frac 13 −\frac 13(\frac 1{\sqrt 2})^3=$
$\frac 13[-(\frac 12)^{\frac 32}+1 - (\frac 1{\sqrt 2})^3]=$
$\frac 13[-(\frac 12)^{\frac 32}+1 - (\frac 1{2})^{\frac 32}]=$
$\frac 13[1 - 2*(\frac 1{2})^{\frac 32}]=$
$\frac 13[1 - 2*(\frac 1{2})^{1+\frac 12}]=$
$\frac 13[1 - 2*(\frac 1{2})^{1}(\frac 12)^{\frac 12}]=$
$\frac 13[1- \frac 12^{\frac 12}]=$
$\frac 13 - \frac 1{3\sqrt 2}$
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