document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=578585>Question 578585</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Can you please help me with this equation on radicals<BR>\n" );
document.write( "sqrt 18- sgrt 54- 2sqrt 50 </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #370694 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=KMST><B>KMST(5328)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=KMST><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=KMST><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=370694\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=sqrt%2818%29-sqrt%2854%29-2sqrt%2850%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"sqrt%2818%29-sqrt%2854%29-2sqrt%2850%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "The trick to simplifying radicals is writing the number under the radical sign as a product of a perfect square and the smallest possible number.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Sometimes the prime factorization helps. Other times, I see it without thinking of prime factors. For example, I know that <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=50=2%2A25 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"50=2%2A25\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > and that 25 is a perfect square (<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=25=5%5E2 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"25=5%5E2\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >).<BR>\n" );
document.write( "I am going to use <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=54=6%2A9 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"54=6%2A9\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > and <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=18=2%2A9 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"18=2%2A9\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > too.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=sqrt%2818%29-sqrt%2854%29-2sqrt%2850%29=sqrt%289%2A2%29-sqrt%289%2A6%29-2sqrt%2825%2A2%29+=sqrt%289%29%2Asqrt%282%29-sqrt%289%29%2Asqrt%286%29-2sqrt%2825%29%2Asqrt%282%29=3sqrt%282%29-3sqrt%286%29-2%2A5sqrt%282%29=3sqrt%282%29-10sqrt%282%29-3sqrt%286%29=-7sqrt%282%29-3sqrt%286%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > </SPAN>\n" );
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