Asked by edfe

What is the following sum in simplest form?

StartRoot 8 EndRoot + 3 StartRoot 2 EndRoot + StartRoot 32 EndRoot
3 StartRoot 8 EndRoot + 3 StartRoot 2 EndRoot
5 StartRoot 42 EndRoot
9 StartRoot 2 EndRoot
5 StartRoot 2 EndRoot + StartRoot 32 EndRoot

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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
Simplify each radical: √8 = 2√2 and √32 = 4√2.
So √8 + 3√2 + √32 = 2√2 + 3√2 + 4√2 = 9√2.