How do you simplify $(12sqrt5-7sqrt7)+(6sqrt5-7sqrt7)$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2018-07-09T16:16:50

$18sqrt5-14sqrt7$

The parenthesis are unnecessary, thus we have

$color(purple)(12sqrt5)color(steelblue)(-7sqrt7)+color(purple)(6sqrt5)color(steelblue)(-7sqrt7)$

Next, we can combine like terms to get

$18sqrt5-14sqrt7$

Since our radicals have no perfect squares in them, we are done!

Hope this helps!

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