SOLUTION: i started this question however am unsure if it is correct question: √((a+4)²) since we are looking for the square root of (a+4)^2 i would think that the answer is just a+

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Question 350123: i started this question however am unsure if it is correct question: √((a+4)²)
since we are looking for the square root of (a+4)^2 i would think that the answer is just a+4 because squaring it would be a^2+4^2 and the square root of that would be a+4

Answer by Fombitz(32388)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
First,
does not equal .
Using the FOIL method,



There is a cross product term.
As an example,

If we did it like you showed,

which is clearly incorrect.
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The answer is but that may not be the complete answer because is also an answer since

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