operations with radicals adding or subtracting radicals is very similar to adding & subtracting...
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Operations with Radicals
Adding or subtracting radicals is very similar to adding & subtracting like terms.
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Adding or subtracting radicals is very similar to adding & subtracting like terms.
The rules that apply to combining like terms
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also apply to combining radical terms.
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also apply to combining radical terms.
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When the radicands are not identical . . .
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. . . the terms cannot be combined.
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Practice combining radical terms:
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Your Turn
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Simplify
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To multiply 2x 38x
2x 38x 6x16x2
4x 6x
Use the distributive property to remove the parentheses and simplify.
Simplify – You Try
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Simplify
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Operations with Radicals