Answer:
If we substitute a and b to equal 6 for example
it would be
√
6
2
+
6
2
it would equal 8.5(1.d.p) as it would be written as
√
36
+
36
giving a standard form as
√
72
However if it was
√
6
2
+
√
6
2
it would equal 12 as the
√
and
^
2
would cancel out to give the equation 6+6
Therefore
√
a
2
+
b
2
cannot be simplified unless given a substitution for a and b.
I hope this isn't too confusing.
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