The Arithmetic and Simplification of Radicals - Sums and Differences

368 Chapter 6 – Roots, Radicals, and Rational Expressions §6.4 The Arithmetic and Simplification of Radicals – Sums and Differences This section will focus on adding and subtracting radicals. We will continue to provide simplified solutions to our problems. Lesson 1 – The Addition Rule for Radicals The addition of radicals makes use of the distributive rule. For example, ( ) 2352325 +=+ 28= Clearly what is required for us to be able to add radicals together is that they must be identical radicals.

• blackboard quiz
• subtraction rule
• quiz lesson
• use of the distributive rule
• numerical coefficient
• radicals
• distributive property
• product rule