document.write( "Question 142234: \"sqrt%2863%29%2B+sqrt%28252%29\"
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Algebra.Com's Answer #103543 by Edwin McCravy(20054)\"\" \"About 
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document.write( "\"sqrt%2863%29%2B+sqrt%28252%29\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "Break 63 into primes as \"3%2A3%2A7\"\r\n" );
document.write( "Break 252 into primes as \"2%2A2%2A3%2A3%2A7\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "\"sqrt%283%2A3%2A7%29%2B+sqrt%282%2A2%2A3%2A3%2A7%29\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "Now since the index of a square root is 2,\r\n" );
document.write( "use parentheses to group like factors into pairs:\r\n" );
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document.write( "\"sqrt%28%283%2A3%29%2A7%29%2B+sqrt%28%282%2A2%29%2A%283%2A3%29%2A7%29\" \r\n" );
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document.write( "Each pair of like factors is a square and comes\r\n" );
document.write( "out in front of the radical as just a single\r\n" );
document.write( "factor:\r\n" );
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document.write( "\"3%2Asqrt%287%29%2B+2%2A3%2Asqrt%287%29\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "\"3%2Asqrt%287%29%2B+6%2Asqrt%287%29\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "Those are like terms, so add 3+6 and get\r\n" );
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document.write( "\"9%2Asqrt%287%29\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "You type three open braces \" { \" in a row. I can't\r\n" );
document.write( "type three of those here because the program would \r\n" );
document.write( "just print it again as \"sqrt%2863%29%2B+sqrt%28252%29\".\r\n" );
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document.write( "Then you type immediately after that:\r\n" );
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document.write( "     sqrt(63)+ sqrt(252)\r\n" );
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document.write( "and immediately follow that by three close braces:\r\n" );
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document.write( "             \" }}} \"\r\n" );
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