Arithmetic Reasoning Operations on Radicals Flash Card Set 870870

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Adding & Subtracting Radicals

To add or subtract radicals, the degree and radicand must be the same. For example, \(2\sqrt{3} + 3\sqrt{3} = 5\sqrt{3}\) but \(2\sqrt{2} + 2\sqrt{3}\) cannot be added because they have different radicands.

radicand

To add or subtract radicals, the degree and __________ must be the same.