SOLUTION: Explain how the process of combining radicals through addition and subtraction is similar to combining polynomials. What makes two radicals like radicals? Give an example.

Question 448257: Explain how the process of combining radicals through addition and subtraction is similar to combining polynomials. What makes two radicals like radicals? Give an example.

Answer by richard1234(7193) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
If the radicals have a "like term" then they can be combined in a similar way to polynomials. For example,

is a sum of two like radicals, and they can be added to produce

. Or, you could evaluate

to get

.
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