the sum of the squares of a and b
Square of a means we raise a to the 2nd power:
a^2
Square of b means we raise b to the 2nd power:
b^2
The sum of squares means we add these terms together to get our algebraic expression:
a^2 + b^2
Square of a means we raise a to the 2nd power:
a^2
Square of b means we raise b to the 2nd power:
b^2
The sum of squares means we add these terms together to get our algebraic expression:
a^2 + b^2