McGraw Hill Glencoe Algebra 1, 2012
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Exercise 8 Page 667

To simplify the given radical expression, we need to add radicals.

9 sqrt(3)

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To simplify the given radical expression, we need to add radicals. To do so, we will use the properties for combining radical expressions when they are part of a sum or difference. asqrt(x)+bsqrt(x)=(a+b)sqrt(x) asqrt(x)-bsqrt(x)=(a-b)sqrt(x) Notice that radicals can only be added or subtracted when the index and the value inside are exactly the same.
2sqrt(3) + 7sqrt(3)
(2+7)sqrt(3)
9sqrt(3)