How do you simplify $sqrt(12w) + sqrt(27w)$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2015-05-18T19:26:10

By decoupling the factors you have in the sum:

$sqrt(2*2*3*w)+sqrt(3*3*3*w)$

We can remove squared numbers from inside the square root.

$2sqrt(3w)+3sqrt(3w)$

$sqrt(3w)(2+3)$

How do you simplify sqrt(12w) + sqrt(27w)sqrt(12w) + sqrt(27w)?