SOLUTION: What are some ways that adding radical expressions is similar to adding polynomial expressions? How are the two processes different?

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Question 602642: What are some ways that adding radical expressions is similar to adding polynomial expressions? How are the two processes different?
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In order to add radicals, they have to be the same, just like the variables in a polynomial. You can add 1 fernblatz plus 2 fernblatzes to get 3 fernblatzes, but you can't add 1 fernblatz and 1 horbesnort because they are two different things. You can add



Just like you can add



but you can't add



Just like you can't add



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