How do you simplify $sqrt 8 + sqrt2$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2016-05-14T13:24:42

3 $sqrt(2)$

start off by simiplying the $sqrt(8)$ :

$sqrt(8)$ = $sqrt(4*2)$

$sqrt(4)$ = 2

therefore $sqrt(8)$ = 2 $sqrt(2)$

2 $sqrt(2)$ + $sqrt(2)$

= 3 $sqrt(2)$

Answer 2 · 2016-05-14T13:25:31

Well it is

$sqrt8+sqrt2=sqrt(2^2*2)+sqrt2=2sqrt2+sqrt2=3*sqrt2$

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