Elementary Algebra

Published by Cengage Learning
ISBN 10: 1285194055
ISBN 13: 978-1-28519-405-9

Chapter 9 - Roots and Radicals - 9.1 - Roots and Radicals - Problem Set 9.1 - Page 401: 72

Answer

$28.3$

Work Step by Step

Using the properties of radicals, a rational approximation (to the nearest tenth) of the given expression, $ 6\sqrt{2}+14\sqrt{2} ,$ is \begin{array}{l}\require{cancel} (6+14)\sqrt{2} \\\\= 20\sqrt{2} \\\\ \approx 28.3 .\end{array}
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