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Distribute a square root across a binomial where the resulting products may simplify to integers or yield like radicals that combine.
Example 1: Distribute to each term: Since , the second term becomes : The result is . When a square root is multiplied by itself, the Product Property yields the radicand as an integer.
Example 2: Distribute : Simplify each radical by extracting perfect square factors: and Both terms are like radicals (same radicand 3). Combine the coefficients:
In the first example, distributing a square root times itself produces an integer. In the second, distributing produces two radicals that—after simplification—share the same radicand and combine into a single term.
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