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Here's a mixed radical:

It can still be simplified, since the square root of 8 can be broken up:

Notice that the '3' that was already there just stays in front, while the root gets broken up.

Now we're going to evaluate the square root of 4:

The final step is to combine the two whole numbers:


O.K., we're almost done. Let's see if you've got it ...


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