How do you simplify $3 \sqrt{2} + 2 \sqrt{2}$ $3 sqrt 2 + 2 sqrt2$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2018-04-07T16:54:43

$5 \sqrt{2}$ $5sqrt(2)$

We can treat this like simple algebra

For example $3 a + 2 a = 5 a$ $3a + 2a = 5a$ Just collecting like terms

As the roots are the same, you can simply just add the like terms.

So in this case $a = \sqrt{2}$ $a= sqrt(2)$

$\Rightarrow 5 \sqrt{2}$ $=> 5sqrt2$

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