SOLUTION: Simplify the radicals.... radical sign 40 + radical sign 10 + radical sign 2/5

Question 6207: Simplify the radicals....
radical sign 40 + radical sign 10 + radical sign 2/5
Answer by Abbey(339) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

First get rid of the denominator by multiplying everything by 5:

The key to simplifying radicals is to factor what is inside the radical

then pull out groups of numbers according to the index on the radical - if there is no index, it is by twos. In this case, we can only pull out a set of two "2"'s from the first radical sign. When you pull out the group represent it in front of the radical by one of it's members
example:

so your problem becomes:

then add anything that has the same radical:

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