Question

8-19). Simplify each term, if necessary, and then use the distributive property to combine terms, if possible.

sqrt(50)+ 3 sqrt(2)

Answer 1

\[\sqrt{50}=\sqrt{25*2}=\sqrt{25}*\sqrt{2}=5\sqrt{2}\]

Answer 2

now add treating the sqrt(2) 's like they are variables
5x + 3x = 8x
so the answer is
\[8\sqrt{2}\]