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Question from linda, a student:

radical 96 plus radical 27 divide by radical 3

Hi Linda,

What you need to see here is that 96 and 27 are both divisible by 3, 96 = 3 × 32 and 27 = 3 × 9. hence you can write

equation

Continue to simplify.

Penny

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