SOLUTION: how would you go about solving this problem? 7 sqrt12 + 10 sqrt48

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Question 166014: how would you go about solving this problem?
7 sqrt12 + 10 sqrt48

Answer by ankor@dixie-net.com(22740)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
how would you go about solving this problem?
7 sqrt12 + 10 sqrt48
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Not exactly solving, You can simplify it, by factoring etc.
:
7* + 10*
:
factor inside the radicals to reveal the perfect squares\
7* + 10*
:
Extract those perfect squares
7*2* + 10*4
which is
14* + 40*
:
Now we have like terms so just add em up
54*

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