Operations on Radical Expressions

To add and subtract radicals, add and subtract like radicals or similar radicals.

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Adding and subtracting radical expressions is very much similar to adding and subtracting similar terms of polynomials.

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Read the question carefully and choose the correct answer.

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A.NR.5.2

Explain why the radical expression is or is NOT in simplified form?

• The expression is simplified because the radicand contains no fractions

• The expression is simplified because the radicand has no​ perfect-square factors other than 1.

• The expression is not in simplified form because a radical appears in the denominator of a fraction.

• The expression is not simplified because it contains a fraction.

Simplify:

• 2√12

• 4√12

• 4√3

• 16√3

Simplify.

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