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    Mar 23, 2007, 07:00 AM
    Simplify the radical
    2(radical32) - 3(radical98)
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    Mar 23, 2007, 07:04 AM
    factor the numbers inside the radicals into primes and then each number that appears twice comes outside the radical once.

    for example radical(48) = radical(3*2*2*2*2) = radical(3*(2*2)*(2*2)) = 2*2*radical(3) = 4radical(3)
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