Which of the following is equivalent to the expression below sqrt 8 - sqrt 72 + sqrt 50 A. sqrt 2
B. 3 sqrt 2
C. 13 sqrt 2
D. 7 sqrt 2

Step-by-step explanation:

These cannot combine the way they are. The rule for adding and subtracting radicals is really picky. Not only does the index have to be the same (the little number that is sitting outside in the bend of the radical {ours is a 2, which isn't usually there, but is instead understood to be a square root}), but the radicand, the expression under the square root (or cubed root, or fourth root, etc) has to the same as well. All of our radicals are square roots, so that's good, but the radicands are all different. The first one is an 8, the next one is a 72, and the last one is a 50. BUT if we can rewrite them by simplifying them and then the radicands are the same, we're in good shape.

Simplify by taking the prime factorization of each of those numbers.

8: 4*2 and 4 is a perfect square, so we'll stop there

72: 36*2 and 36 is a perfect square, so we'll stop there

50: 25*2 and 25 is a perfect square, so we'll stop there.

Now, rewrite each one of them in terms of their prime factorization:

and then pull out each perfect square as its root:

and now all the radicands are the same, so we can add them to get

 or simply  

Step-by-step explanation:

sqrt 8 = sqrt (2 * 2 *2 ) =

sqrt 72 = sqrt (2 * 2 *2 * 3 * 3 ) =

sqrt 50= sqrt (2 * 5 *5 ) =

x=-2

infinite number of lines, so there is an infinite number of equations.

step-by-step explanation:

there are an infinite number of line that passes through the point (-2,5)

x=-2   is one line that passes through the point

y = 5 is another line that passes through the point

(these two lines are perpendicular to each other).

since the number of   numbers are infinite and the slope is the ratio of two numbers,(change in y over change in x) we can have an infinite number of slopes.     our only condition is that it passes through the point (-2,5)