SOLUTION: Multiply, then simplify the product. Assume that all variables represent positive numbers.
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Square-cubic-other-roots
-> SOLUTION: Multiply, then simplify the product. Assume that all variables represent positive numbers.
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Ö5(Ö5 + Ö2)
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Distribute the Ö5
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Ö5·Ö5 + Ö5·Ö2
Multiply underneath the radicals
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Ö5·5 + Ö5·2
Write 5·5 as 5² and write 5·2 as 10
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Ö5² + Ö10
The square root of the square of 5 takes
away the square and the square root, so
you just have 5. You end up with
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5 + Ö10
Edwin