document.write( "Question 213198: Please simply this radical expression. I got stuck.
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Algebra.Com's Answer #161070 by Edwin McCravy(20056)\"\" \"About 
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document.write( "Write the first term as the quotient of two square roots\r\n" );
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document.write( "\"sqrt%283%29%2Fsqrt%284%29+%2B+sqrt%2812%29\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "Replace \"sqrt%284%29\" by \"2\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "\"sqrt%283%29%2F2+%2B+sqrt%2812%29\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "Now break \"12\" into \"4%2A3\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "\"sqrt%283%29%2F2+%2B+sqrt%284%2A3%29\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "Write the second term as the product of two square roots\r\n" );
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document.write( "\"sqrt%283%29%2F2+%2B+sqrt%284%29sqrt%283%29\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "Replace \"sqrt%284%29\" by \"2\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "\"sqrt%283%29%2F2+%2B+2sqrt%283%29\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "Put \"1\" under the second term:\r\n" );
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document.write( "\"sqrt%283%29%2F2+%2B+%282%2Asqrt%283%29%29%2F1\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "Get LCD of 2 and multiply top and bottom by \"2\":\r\n" );
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document.write( "\"sqrt%283%29%2F2+%2B+%282%2Asqrt%283%29%2A2%29%2F%281%2A2%29\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "\"sqrt%283%29%2F2+%2B+%284%2Asqrt%283%29%29%2F2\" \r\n" );
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document.write( "Write as one fraction:\r\n" );
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document.write( "\"%28sqrt%283%29+%2B4%2Asqrt%283%29%29%2F2\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "Put \"1%2A%22%22\" in front of the first term:\r\n" );
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document.write( "\"%281%2Asqrt%283%29+%2B4%2Asqrt%283%29%29%2F2\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "Combine like terms\r\n" );
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document.write( "\"%285sqrt%283%29%29%2F2\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "Edwin
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