Answer
$17$
Work Step by Step
Recall, square roots cancel out exponents of two. Thus, we obtain:
$\sqrt{144}+\sqrt{25}\\=\sqrt{12^2}+\sqrt{5^2}
\\=12+5
\\=17$
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