Homework Help: math 8th grade

Posted by Meherin on Monday, May 18, 2009 at 8:45pm.

im stuck on a question and i dont kno wat the answer shud b...

Is the square root of 8 + the square root of 10 the same as the square root of 8+10?
Use a grid and lengths of line segments to give a geometric argument.

thx for ur help ;]

math 8th grade - Reiny, Monday, May 18, 2009 at 9:04pm
clearly not equal!

√8 is 2 something
√10 is 3 something
so √8+√10 > 5

but √(8+10) or √18 is < 5
math 8th grade - Meherin, Monday, May 18, 2009 at 9:05pm
thnk u veryyy much

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