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# adding-subtracting-radicals.py
#:Coming soon.
\(ex.\,\,a\)Radicals without the same radicand (number under the root) cannot be added or subtracted, but the radicands can often be manipulated to get the same radicand. This is by turning all or one or more radicands into products of a prime number and square root of a non-prime number. This reduces the problem but may or may not lead to similar radicand.
Note: prime means whole numbers that can't be divided exactly (with no remainder) with numbers other than itself and 1.
\(2\sqrt{50} + 5\sqrt{3}\)
\(2\sqrt{2 * 25} + 5\sqrt{3}\)
\(2\sqrt{2}(5) + 5\sqrt{3}\)
\(10\sqrt{2} + 5\sqrt{3}\)Below is as much as it can be reduced because radicans cannot be made the same this time.
\(ex.\,\,b\)
\(2\sqrt{75} - 4\sqrt{3}\)
\(2\sqrt{3 * 25} - 4\sqrt{3}\)
\(2\sqrt{3}(5) - 4\sqrt{3}\)
\(10\sqrt{3} - 4\sqrt{3}\)Same number radicands so can be subtracted.
\(6\sqrt{3}\)
