document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=76807>Question 76807</A>This question is from textbook <A HREF=http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0201719665/algebrahomeworkh>Elementary and Intermediate Algebra</A><BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Can you please help me simplify this by combining like radical terms, if possible. I am just confused about how to start the equation. I think I get the second part of the equation, but the first part is confusing to me. Could you please explain it all to me? Thank you. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "= {sqrt (x^2*(x-1)) } + {sqrt (3^2*(x-1)) }<BR>\n" );
document.write( "= |x|*{sqrt (x-1)}+ 3*{sqrt(x-1)}<BR>\n" );
document.write( "= {|x|+3}*{sqrt (x-1) } </SPAN>\n" );
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