SOLUTION: Please help me solve this equation: sqrt(8) + sqrt(18)

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Question 931010: Please help me solve this equation: sqrt(8) + sqrt(18)
Answer by ankor@dixie-net.com(22740)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

this is not an equation (no equal sign), it's an expression we can simplify
Factor inside the radical to reveal perfect squares

Extract the square root of these squares

these are like terms, so we can add them

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