SOLUTION: Tutor could you help me please...thank you 10square root3 -7square root3+5square root3= Would the answer be:

Question 89080: Tutor could you help me please...thank you
10square root3 -7square root3+5square root3=
Would the answer be:
-2square root 3
-3square root 3
8square root 3
or
12square root 3

Answer by bucky(2189) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Given:
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To combine these terms just combine the multipliers of and multiply the
result of this combination by to give you .
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Another way of looking at the problem is that since every one of the terms has
as a factor it can be factored out. The result is:
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Then combine the terms inside the parentheses. 10 - 7 + 5 = +8. So you can replace the three
terms in the parentheses by +8 and the problem becomes:
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and by convention we normally write this in the reverse order: .
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Therefore, the third answer in your list of answers is the correct one ...
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Hope this helps you to understand the problem.
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