Add/Subtract/Multiply Radicals/Errors

Front

What is the inverse of squaring a number?

Back

Finding a square root.

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Simplify: -2√2 - 3√8 - √5

Back

-8√2 - √5

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What is the result of simplifying -3√6?

Back

-3√6.

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Simplify: 3√5 ⋅ 2√10

Back

30√2.

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Solve: 5√75 + 8√27

Back

49√3.

Front

What is a radical?

Back

A radical is an expression that includes a root, such as a square root or cube root.

Front

How do you add radicals?

Back

You can only add radicals with the same index and radicand.

Front

What is the product of √a and √b?

Back

√(a*b).

Front

What is the simplified form of √(a^2)?

Back

a, where a is non-negative.

Front

What does it mean to simplify a radical?

Back

To express it in its simplest form, removing any perfect squares from under the radical.