SOLUTION: i have been trying for days to figure out these problems. i thaught maybe someone could please help me. how do you simplify: 7 times the square root of 3 + the square root of 48

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Question 300560: i have been trying for days to figure out these problems. i thaught maybe someone could please help me. how do you simplify: 7 times the square root of 3 + the square root of 48
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have been trying for days to figure out these problems. i thaught maybe someone could please help me. how do you simplify: 7 times the square root of 3 + the square root of 48
7*sqrt(3) + sqrt(48) =
7*sqrt(3) + sqrt(16*3) =
7*sqrt(3) + (sqrt(16)*sqrt(3)) =
7*sqrt(3) + 4*sqrt(3) =
(7+4)*sqrt(3) =
11*sqrt(3)
Keep trying. You'll get it :)