$$ \begin{aligned}-sqrt\cdot1-sqrt-8+sqrt\cdot4-sqrt-8& \xlongequal{ }-qrst-qrst-8+4qrst-qrst-8 \xlongequal{ } \\[1 em] & \xlongequal{ \color{blue}{ \text{\normalsize{ \htmlClass{explanationCircle explanationCircle1}{\textcircled {1}} } }}}qrst-16\end{aligned} $$ | |
① | Combine like terms: $$ \color{blue}{-qrst} \color{red}{-qrst} \color{green}{-8} + \color{orange}{4qrst} \color{orange}{-qrst} \color{green}{-8} = \color{orange}{qrst} \color{green}{-16} $$ |