SOLUTION: Could someone please help me understand and simplify this equasion: 6 squareroots of 5 minus 2 squareroots of 5 plus 8 squareroots of 5. Thank You sooo much!!!!!!
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Question 25088: Could someone please help me understand and simplify this equasion: 6 squareroots of 5 minus 2 squareroots of 5 plus 8 squareroots of 5. Thank You sooo much!!!!!! Answer by wuwei96815(245) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Strickly speaking this is not an equation because you have no equal sign. It is a collection of "like" terms. Just add the terms together: 6-2+8 = 12. The answer that I think you are looking for is 12 times the square root of 5, but I could be wrong.
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