Subtracting Radicals - Examples & Practice
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- Subtracting Radical Terms Radicals work like variables when you add and subtract them. For example, if we have the expression, 2x−8y−4x2x - 8y - 4x2x−8y−4x we can simplify it to…
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- (Video) Add and Subtract Radicals by Allie Cunningham This video by Allie Cunningham explains radical subtraction. Summary\large{\text{Summary}}Summary In order to subtract two …
By Zora Gilbert, Alex Federspiel, Amy Feraco, Jonathan Heller, Caroline K, Anusha Rahman
- Subtracting Radical Terms Adding and subtracting radicals is really helpful to know when solving more complex algebraic problems, especially those with radical signs. Radical te…
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Problems 21
- Simplify 52−22.5\sqrt{2}-2\sqrt{2}.52−22.
- Simplify 137−47.13\sqrt{7}-4\sqrt{7}.137−47.
- Simplify 46−224.4\sqrt{6}-2\sqrt{24}.46−224.
- Simplify 212−33.2\sqrt{12}-3\sqrt{3}.212−33.
- Simplify 38−32.3\sqrt{8}-3\sqrt{2}.38−32.
- Simplify 418−38−22.4\sqrt{18}-3\sqrt{8}-2\sqrt{2}.418−38−22.
- Simplify 32−27−20−18−12−8−5−3−2.\sqrt{32}-\sqrt{27}-\sqrt{20}-\sqrt{18}-\sqrt{12}-\sqrt{8}-\sqrt{5}-\sqrt{3}-\sqrt{2}.32−27−20−18−12−8−5−3−2.
- Simplify −73−1027-7\sqrt{3}-10\sqrt{27}−73−1027
- Simplify as much as possible. −143−(−3)75-14\sqrt{3}-(-3)\sqrt{75}−143−(−3)75
- Simplify −167−(−19)28-16\sqrt7-(-19)\sqrt{28}−167−(−19)28
- Simplify 1884−102118\sqrt{84}-10\sqrt{21}1884−1021
- Simplify −235−770-2\sqrt{35}-7\sqrt{70}−235−770
- Simplify −1189−(−2)89-11\sqrt{89}-(-2)\sqrt{89}−1189−(−2)89
- Simplify as much as possible. −1049−(−12)49-10\sqrt{49}-(-12)\sqrt{49}−1049−(−12)49
- Simplify −310−1110-3\sqrt{10}-11\sqrt{10}−310−1110
- Simplify 346−1463\sqrt{46}-1\sqrt{46}346−146
- Simplify −135−835-1\sqrt{35}-8\sqrt{35}−135−835
- Calculate: 314−323\sqrt{\frac{1}{4}}-\frac{3}{2}341−23
- Simplify 142−93214\sqrt2-9\sqrt{32}142−932
- Choose the expression you can't simplify further (using subtraction), after simplifying each individual square root term (27\sqrt{27}27, 232\sqrt323, 25\sqrt{25}25, and so on).
- Simplify 07−1570\sqrt7-15\sqrt707−157