Simplifying radicals is the process of manipulating a radical expression into a simpler or alternate form. Renaming is a concept in mathematics that is taught to elementary-aged school children usually around grade three or four. Simplifying makes a algebric expression easily understandable and solvable.
They only differ in their coefficients.
How to use simplify in a sentence. To make simpler either by reducing in complexity reducing to component parts or making easier to understand. The following diagram shows some examples of like terms. Video shows what simplify means.