You can only add or subtract Surds in the same basic form. Sometimes if the surds are not in the same basic form and needed to be simplified and brought to the same basic form before the addition or subtraction will be carried out. Note:√a + √a = 2√a2√b – 3√b = – √b √a […]
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Operations with Surds Whenever they talk about Surds, just bear it in mind they are directly talking about irrational numbers which can not be expressed as fraction. The reason why Surds are irrational numbers is because their exact values can not be determined. The square root of all non perfect squares are irrational, π and
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