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Simplifying and
To simplify expressions such as and , apply the Distributive Property and then simplify the resulting terms. For the first expression, distributing gives . Since is a perfect square (), the expression simplifies to , or . For the second expression, distributing produces . Simplifying the second radical by extracting the perfect cube factor gives , which becomes .
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