SOLUTION: What is the simplest form of the radical expression 3∛(2a)-6∛(2a)

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Question 970693: What is the simplest form of the radical expression 3∛(2a)-6∛(2a)
Answer by Edwin McCravy(20054)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
3∛(2a)-6∛(2a)

Those are LIKE TERMS:

That's just like 

3x-6x are LIKE terms.

It's just that instead of a simple x you have a complicated  ∛(2a)

But that doesn't make the problem any more complicated.

Just as 

the answer to 3x-6x is -3x, because they are LIKE TERMS, and
you just combine coefficients 3-6 and get -3, and then put x after that,

the answer to 3∛(2a)-6∛(2a) is -3∛(2a), because they are LIKE TERMS, and
you just combine coefficients 3-6 and get -3, and then put ∛(2a) after that.

Therefore 3∛(2a)-6∛(2a) is just -3∛(2a)

Edwin
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