SOLUTION: How do you simplify this? root 176

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Question 12163: How do you simplify this? root 176
Answer by rapaljer(4551) About Me  (Show Source):
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Look for a perfect square, the largest one you can find, that divides evenly into 176. It just so happens that 4 and 16 both divide evenly, so choose the larger of these, and break the number 176 down into a product of 16 times 11.

sqrt%28176%29+=+sqrt%2816%29%2Asqrt%2811%29+

Everyone knows that sqrt%2816%29+=+4 and no one can simplify sqrt%2811%29+. So,

sqrt%28176%29+=+sqrt%2816%29%2Asqrt%2811%29+
sqrt%28176%29+=+4%2Asqrt%2811%29+

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