Asked by Alessandra
How do you simplify square roots? Like how can you get sqrt28 to be 2sqrt7?
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Answered by
Reiny
a number like √28 can be changed to a mixed radical by looking for factors of 28 which are perfect squares
perfect squares are 4,9,16,25,36,49,64,...
since 28 = 4x7
√28 = √4 x √7
= 2√7
splitting 28 up into factors that do not contain a perfect square, does us no good.
e.g.
√28 = √2 x √14 , nothing gained here.
If a number does not contain a perfect square number it cannot be changed into a mixed radical
perfect squares are 4,9,16,25,36,49,64,...
since 28 = 4x7
√28 = √4 x √7
= 2√7
splitting 28 up into factors that do not contain a perfect square, does us no good.
e.g.
√28 = √2 x √14 , nothing gained here.
If a number does not contain a perfect square number it cannot be changed into a mixed radical
Answered by
Anonymous
Review examples 2, 3, and 4 in section 8.4 of the text. How does the author determine what the first equation should be? What about the second equation? How are these examples similar? How are they different? Find a problem in the text that is similar to examples 2, 3, and 4. Post the problem for your classmates to solve.
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