Intermediate Algebra for College Students (7th Edition)

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ISBN 10: 0-13417-894-7
ISBN 13: 978-0-13417-894-3

Chapter 7 - Section 7.4 - Adding, Subtracting, and Dividing Radical Expressions - Exercise Set - Page 541: 98

Answer

The statement makes sense.

Work Step by Step

The radicals are unlike radicals, which is the as if they were unlike terms. Thus the statement makes sense.
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