SOLUTION: How do i add radicals with the same radicand but different indexes?

SOLUTION: How do i add radicals with the same radicand but different indexes?

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Question 281559: How do i add radicals with the same radicand but different indexes?
Answer by Mathematicians(84) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
You cannot add radicals with different indexes, but you can multiply them which results in adding indexes.
Remember that
so if you have
Above, I have found the least common denominator in the indexes and multiplied the terms by adding the indexes.
I hope this helps!
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