document.write( "Question 698161: How do I simplify an expression where you add whole numbers under the square root symbol? The problem would read in words: the square root of 20 plus 20 plus 20 NOT the square root of 20 plus the square root of 20, etc.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "By the way, in plain text, is written sqrt(X). Your problem here could have been written sqrt(20 + 20 + 20). Note that the parentheses are ALWAYS necessary to define the radicand.\r
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