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OpenStudy (scarlettfarra2000):

Please help ASP Will medal questions are below

OpenStudy (scarlettfarra2000):

1) add. simplfiy by collecting like radical terms if possible \[6\sqrt{72}+9\sqrt{18}\]

OpenStudy (scarlettfarra2000):

2) Multiply and simplify by factoring \[\sqrt{14}\times \sqrt{6}\]

OpenStudy (scarlettfarra2000):

3) Simplfiy by factoring . Assume that all expression under radicals represent nonnegative numbers \[\sqrt{49m}^{15}\]

OpenStudy (scarlettfarra2000):

@Ms-Brains

MsBrains (ms-brains):

What do you think..?

OpenStudy (scarlettfarra2000):

I don't know I'm not really good with square roots

OpenStudy (scarlettfarra2000):

@ILovePuppiesLol would you please help me

ILovePuppiesLol (ilovepuppieslol):

i have no clue lol, I'm bad at math remember, but i do have a good friend who is excellent at math! @mathmale

OpenStudy (scarlettfarra2000):

Okay thanks anyways

OpenStudy (scarlettfarra2000):

@mathmale can you help me please?

OpenStudy (mathmale):

Hello! Simplify: \[6\sqrt{72}+9\sqrt{18}\]

OpenStudy (mathmale):

the trick here is to identify the LARGEST perfect square factors of 72 and 18 under their respective radical signs. Perfect squares consist of 1, 4, 9, 16, 25, 36, and so on. Which of these is the largest that would divide into 72 with no remainder? into 18 with no remainder?

OpenStudy (scarlettfarra2000):

\[72\div9=8\] and\[18\div9=2\]

OpenStudy (mathmale):

So, it surely appears that 9 is the largest perfect square factor of both 72 and 18.

OpenStudy (mathmale):

Thus, your\[6\sqrt{72}+9\sqrt{18}\]... becomes \[6\sqrt{8*9}+9\sqrt{2*9}\]

OpenStudy (mathmale):

Can you separate \[\sqrt{8*9} \] ... into two factors?

OpenStudy (mathmale):

\[\sqrt{?}\sqrt{?}\]

OpenStudy (scarlettfarra2000):

like this? \[2\times4=8\] and \[3\times3=9\]

OpenStudy (mathmale):

Good start. \[\sqrt{8}\sqrt{9}=?\]

OpenStudy (scarlettfarra2000):

\[\sqrt{72}\]

OpenStudy (mathmale):

\[\sqrt{9}*\sqrt{2}=?\]

OpenStudy (scarlettfarra2000):

\[\sqrt{18}\]

OpenStudy (mathmale):

Remember, we're trying to simplify, not to work back to our original expression. We started with sqrt(72) and obtained sqrt(8)*sqrt(9). Try to simplify; don't multiply here.

OpenStudy (scarlettfarra2000):

so if we're trying to simllify would we do something like this?\[6\sqrt{72}+9\sqrt{18}=6\sqrt{36}\times2+9\sqrt{9}\times2\] which would equal \[6\sqrt{36}\sqrt{2}+9\sqrt{9}\sqrt{2}\]

OpenStudy (scarlettfarra2000):

then rewrite it\[6\times6\sqrt{2}+9\times3\sqrt{2}\] Multiply \[36\sqrt{2}+27\sqrt{2}\]

OpenStudy (scarlettfarra2000):

then we would use the distributive property to combine like radicals \[(36+27)\sqrt{2}\]

OpenStudy (mathmale):

That surely looks good, and I appreciate your sharing your work.

OpenStudy (scarlettfarra2000):

Add\[63\sqrt{2}\] would be the answer right?

OpenStudy (mathmale):

\[6\sqrt{8*9}+9\sqrt{2*9}\]

OpenStudy (mathmale):

becomes\[18\sqrt{8}+27\sqrt{2}\]

OpenStudy (mathmale):

Yes, looks like you're ab solutely on track. Nice work!

OpenStudy (scarlettfarra2000):

Thanks Mathmale

OpenStudy (mathmale):

My pleasure! Keep up the good work.

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