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Simplifying and
To simplify expressions like and , apply the Distributive Property to multiply the terms, then simplify the resulting radicals. For the first expression, distributing yields . Simplifying the perfect square factor from and evaluating gives , which simplifies to . For the second expression, distributing yields . Since is a perfect cube (), the expression simplifies to .
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