adding square roots

[tgus]

please help me!!!

square root of 24 2(square root6) 8(square root of 36)
________________ - ________________ + __________________ =
2 square root of 6 12

 

[tgus]

I don't know who to enter problem please help

 

[mmm4444bot]

Here is another guess for the given expression:

sqrt(24)/2 - 2 sqrt(6)/6 + 8 sqrt(36)/12.

Is this correct? Or, is it Jeff's version? Something else?

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