Question

simplify 2 root 50- 3 root 8

Answer 1

\[2\sqrt{50}-3\sqrt8\]?

Answer 2

yea simply

Answer 3

Can you simplify
sqrt(50) ?

Answer 4

yea 2*25 and 5*10

Answer 5

Cool.
Now:
sqrt(50) = sqrt(2*25) = 5 sqrt2
What about 3sqrt8?

Answer 6

3 cant but 2*4 is 8 @saifoo.khan

Answer 7

Right.
So:
sqrt(8) simplifies to: sqrt(2*4) = 2sqrt2

Can you solve the sum now?

Answer 8

5 root 2 - 2 root 2 @saifoo.khan

Answer 9

You are forgetting the 2 and the 3 which were there in the start of the problem.

Answer 10

do i add them to the problem i wrote?

Answer 11

2 root 50- 3 root 8
2*5 root 2 - 3*2 root 2