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What is the solution to 3 times the square root of 4 minus 2 times the square root of 4? A. 0 B. 1 C. 2 D. 3

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For this case we have the expression:

"the square root of 4" is represented algebraically as:


\sqrt {4}

Then, we can express the given statement as:


3 \sqrt {4} -2 \sqrt {4} =

They are similar terms, we can subtract:


3 \sqrt {4} -2 \sqrt {4} = \sqrt {4} = \sqrt {2 ^ 2}

By definition of power properties we have that:


\sqrt [n] {a ^ n} = a ^ {\frac {n} {n}} = a

Then the expression is reduced to:


\sqrt {2 ^ 2} = 2

Answer:


3 \sqrt {4} -2 \sqrt {4} = 2

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