How is combing radicals by addition and subtraction similar to combining monomial expressions by addition and subtraction? Please use examples.

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3 apples + 2 oranges + 2 apples - 1 orange
= 5 apples + 1 orange

3x + 2y + 2x - y
= 5x + y

3√3 + 2√5 + 2√3 - √5
= 5√3 + √5