document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=56104>Question 56104</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Hello, please help.  I tried to simplify the following equation and was unsuccessful.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "a sqrt 8 -3sqrt 2a^2.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I'm thinking that it can not be simplified. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "(sqrt8)^2=(3sqrt(2a^2)^2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "8=9(2a^2)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "8=18a^2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "8/18=a^2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "4/9=a^2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "sqrt(4/9)=sqrt(a^2)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2/3=a<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Check by plugging (x=2/3) back into the original equation\r<BR>\n" );
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