document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=415980>Question 415980</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> how is adding radicals similar to combining like terms </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #291543 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=praseenakos@yahoo.com><B>praseenakos@yahoo.com(507)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-10.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=praseenakos@yahoo.com><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=praseenakos@yahoo.com><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=291543\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> yes..its exactly like  combining like terms...\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "for example,   5x + 6x = 11x\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "same way,    5 <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=sqrt%282%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"sqrt%282%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > + 6 <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=sqrt%282%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"sqrt%282%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > = 11 <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=sqrt%282%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"sqrt%282%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "As you know that  3x + 4y cannot be added further as they are not like terms, the same is true for radicals too...for example,  3<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=sqrt%282%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"sqrt%282%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > + 4<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=sqrt%285%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"sqrt%285%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > cannot be added further.... </SPAN>\n" );
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