SOLUTION: how is adding radicals similar to combining like terms

SOLUTION: how is adding radicals similar to combining like terms

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Question 415980: how is adding radicals similar to combining like terms
Answer by praseenakos@yahoo.com(507) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
yes..its exactly like combining like terms...
for example, 5x + 6x = 11x

same way, 5 + 6 = 11

As you know that 3x + 4y cannot be added further as they are not like terms, the same is true for radicals too...for example, 3 + 4 cannot be added further....
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