Adding & Subtracting

Example with Simplifying

Example 3 Simplify Add_ex-1 .

Step 1. Determine if the radicals are the same. If not, determine if they can be simplified to be the same.

The first term can be simplified.

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The second term is simplified.

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The simplified terms have the same radical.

Step 2. Combine like terms.

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