SOLUTION: Why is it important to find non perfect roots in radical form to simplify the process of performing basic operations with radical expressions?

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Question 837252: Why is it important to find non perfect roots in radical form to simplify the process of performing basic operations with radical expressions?
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Why is it important to find non perfect roots in radical form to simplify the process of performing basic operations with radical expressions?
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The decimal forms of these irrational numbers are approximations
to their real value. The radical forms are an exact expression
of their value.
Cheers,
Stan H.
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