SOLUTION: how would you solve the sqrt of 8 plus the sqrt of 18? do you simplify each and leave it as that?

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Question 917085: how would you solve the sqrt of 8 plus the sqrt of 18? do you simplify each and leave it as that?
Answer by ankor@dixie-net.com(22740)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
how would you solve the sqrt of 8 plus the sqrt of 18?
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Factor inside the radicals to reveal a perfect square
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extract the square root of those squares = then we have like terms we can add
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