document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=476488>Question 476488</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Please help me to solve:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Why is the solution to\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "the 6th root of 15 + the 4th root of 8 not equal to the 10th root of 23 </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #326669 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=jim_thompson5910><B>jim_thompson5910(35256)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=jim_thompson5910><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/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=326669\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> It's not the solution because <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=root%286%2C15%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"root%286%2C15%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > and <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=root%284%2C8%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"root%284%2C8%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > are not like terms, so you can't combine them. They are only like terms if the indices (the small numbers up top) and the radicands are equal. However, the first index (6) is NOT equal to the second index (4), so the two radical expressions are NOT like terms. In addition, the radicands are not equal as well. </SPAN>\n" );
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