How do you evaluate 252+2564?

1 Answer
Aug 4, 2017

See a solution process below:

Explanation:

First, we can rewrite the expression as:

252+25322

252+25252

Now we can use this rule of radicals to simplify the radical on the right side of the expression:

nab=nanb

252+25252

252+252552

252+(2252)

252+452

We can now factor out the common term of 53 and combine the remaining terms:

252+452

(2+4)52

652