document.write( "Question 666626: I'm having a hard time understing how to solve this problem. I'm posting this a second time as the answer I received previously just made me more confused, perhaps steps were left out, I don't know. Thank you in advance.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "square root -8 square root -24
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"sqrt%28-+8%29+%2A+sqrt%28-+24%29\" \r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"sqrt%28-+1+%2A+8%29+%2A+sqrt%28-+1+%2A+24%29\" \r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"i+%2A+sqrt%288%29+%2A+i+%2A+sqrt%2824%29\"\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"i%5E2+%2A+sqrt%28192%29\" ----- Multiplying both expressions\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"-+1+%2A+sqrt%288%5E2+%2A+3%29\"\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"highlight_green%28-+8sqrt%283%29%29\"\r
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