im stuck on a question and i don't kno wat the answer shud b...

Is the square root of 8 + the square root of 10 the same as the square root of 8+10?
Use a grid and lengths of line segments to give a geometric argument.

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2 answers

clearly not equal!

√8 is 2 something
√10 is 3 something
so √8+√10 > 5

but √(8+10) or √18 is < 5
thnk u veryyy much