How do you simplify 2 cubed root 81 + 3 cubed root 24?
2 Answers
The answer is
Explanation:
Look at the values whose cube roots are involved in the problem and determine whether they are perfect cubes or whether they contain factors which are perfect cubes (24 is 3 x 8, and 8 is a perfect cube, and 81 is 3 x 27; 27 is a perfect cube).
This allows you to simplify the problem as shown here:
This step is true because
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