How do you subtract #3\root[ 3] { 2} - 7\root [ 3] { 128} #?
2 Answers
Explanation:
Remember, that to add and subtract radicals you need to have the same radicals on both sides ex:
Now to make them the same radicals we need to simplify
Next, we can rewrite
Finally, we can now subtract the two radicals
With radicals it helps if you can take powers from under the root sign.
Explanation:
Since these are third roots, we have to take out third powers:
So we can take out
So:
The original problem then turns into:
And since the radicals are all the same, we can subtract: