SOLUTION: Simplify the radicals... 4 radical sign 3 + 2 radical sign 12

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Question 6164: Simplify the radicals...
4 radical sign 3 + 2 radical sign 12
Answer by guapa(62) About Me  (Show Source):
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4sqrt%283%29%2B2sqrt%2812%29
Use the property sqrt%28ab%29=sqrt%28a%29sqrt%28b%29
4sqrt%283%29%2B2sqrt%283%29sqrt%284%29 4 is a perfect square.
Thus
4sqrt%283%29%2B2%2A2sqrt%283%29 = 4sqrt%283%29%2B4sqrt%283%29
Combine like terms
8sqrt%283%29
Hope this helps