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Adding and Subtracting Radicals and Square Roots |
Adding and Subtracting Radicals and Square Roots
You can add "like" square roots in the same way that you add other kinds of numbers. "Like" square roots are terms that have the same radical parts.
The terms above can be simplified as follows:
Expressions with unlike radicals can be simplified in some cases. Notice that the principal roots of 100 and 9 are square numbers.
Remember that without like terms there is a limit to how much you can simplify.