Like Radical Expressions (Jump to: Lecture | Video )

Radical expressions can be added in a way that is similar to monomials. Two radical expressions are like radical expressions if their indices and radicands are alike.

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Let's try an example:

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These two expressions can be added because they have the same values in their radicands.

Figure 3.

These two expressions cannot be added in their current form.