SOLUTION: please help me solve this equation {{{ 9sqrt (8) + 8sqrt (8)}}}

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Question 633035: please help me solve this equation +9sqrt+%288%29+%2B+8sqrt+%288%29
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Answer by unlockmath(1688) About Me  (Show Source):
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Hello,
This can be rewritten as:
+9sqrt+%284%2A2%29+%2B+8sqrt+%284%2A2%29
Now write this as:
+18sqrt+%282%29+%2B+16sqrt+%282%29
We can combine this as:
+34sqrt+%282%29
Make sense?
RJ
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