SOLUTION: I've been having trouble with problems like these for a while now...Do you think you could help? {{{ sqrt(11) - 5sqrt(2) + 6sqrt(11)

SOLUTION: I've been having trouble with problems like these for a while now...Do you think you could help? {{{ sqrt(11) - 5sqrt(2) + 6sqrt(11) - sqrt(2) }}} thanks!

Question 37747: I've been having trouble with problems like these for a while now...Do you think you could help?

thanks!
Answer by junior403(76) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
When adding and subtracting radical expressions we first need to combine like terms.
Remember, to add like terms the radicals must have the same base and the same index.
So...

Becomes...

And...

Since these expressions do not cantain the same base and the same index, they cannot be simplified ant further.
I hope this helps.
Good Luck!

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