SOLUTION: I need help with this problem. My math teacher goes very fast and I sometimes have a hard time keeping up. I do not know how to get the same number under the radical. I dont kno

Question 123482This question is from textbook Algebra 2
: I need help with this problem. My math teacher goes very fast and I sometimes have a hard time keeping up. I do not know how to get the same number under the radical. I dont know how to make 1250 and 32 the same so that I can subtract 8 from 2. THANK YOU This question is from textbook Algebra 2

Answer by ankor@dixie-net.com(22740) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
I need help with this problem. My math teacher goes very fast and I sometimes have a hard time keeping up. I do not know how to get the same number under the radical. I dont know how to make 1250 and 32 the same so that I can subtract 8 from 2.
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I'm not sure what you mean here, assuming:
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Factor as much as we can here
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Use this to see how many square we have in there
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Factor out the square roots of the perfect squares:
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which is
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Now they are like terms so we an just subtract 4 from 25 and we have

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We can check this on good calc like this
1st enter the original problem: = 29.698..
then
Enter our solution: = 29.698.. also; proves our solution
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