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OpenStudy (anonymous):

What is the difference of -5√7 - 14√7 in lowest terms? -9√7 -9√14 -19√7 -19√14

OpenStudy (mathlegend):

What is -5 - 14 ?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

-19

OpenStudy (anonymous):

-19 and keep the 7

OpenStudy (anonymous):

So it'd be -19√7? or would it be -19√14?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

-19 sqrt7

OpenStudy (mathlegend):

Just what @robinnicole218 said keep what is under the radical.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Oh, okay. That makes so much more sense!

OpenStudy (mathlegend):

Kinda like fractions... instead of common denominators.. you need a common radical :)

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Thank you both!

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