SOLUTION: Can you help me with adding and simplify by collecting like terms if possible, and assuming that all expressions under radicals represent nonnegative numbers. sqrt 3a + 9 sqrt 2

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Question 347896: Can you help me with adding and simplify by collecting like terms if possible, and assuming that all expressions under radicals represent nonnegative numbers.
sqrt 3a + 9 sqrt 27a^3
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Answer by stanbon(75887) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
sqrt 3a + 9 sqrt 27a^3
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sqrt(3a) + 9*sqrt(9a^2*3a)
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sqrt(3a) + 9*3a*sqrt(3a)
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Factor:
(sqrt(3a))(1 + 27a))
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Cheers,
Stan H.