Sunday, August 15, 2010

Adding radical

In our previous blog we learned to solve problems on subtracting radicals, today let us try solving problems on Adding radical

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Radical symbol (√), a symbol used to indicate the square root or nth root
The word "radical" means root
To indicate the nth root of a, the expression a1/n is often used. The symbol √ is called the radical sign, and the nth root of a can also be shown as √a. The letter a is the radicand, and n a n is the index. The index 2 is generally omitted for square roots.
solved examples on radicals.
Adding radical
Add the following radical expressions, 3(√7 +√6) + 2 (√6+√7)
Answer: 5 √7+ 5 √6

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