SOLUTION: This question isn't from a book, but from a summer packet. {{{ sqrt(8x^3) + sqrt(2x) }}} I've only gotten so far as breaking down the first half of the formula so that I'm le

Question 151067: This question isn't from a book, but from a summer packet.

I've only gotten so far as breaking down the first half of the formula so that I'm left with:

I don't know what to do next!
Found 2 solutions by vleith, jim_thompson5910:
Answer by vleith(2983) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
I'll start where you left off.

Start with the given expression.

Factor into

Break up the root.

Take the square root of to get

Multiply and combine the roots.

Factor out the GCF

Rearrange the terms.

So simplifies to

In other words, where
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