SOLUTION: What is the simplified radical form of 3087? I factored this number by three two times but I am stuck on 343 becuase I don't know what numbers it is divisible by. 3087

Question 340427: What is the simplified radical form of 3087?
I factored this number by three two times but I am stuck on 343 becuase I don't know what numbers it is divisible by.
3087
3 1029
3 343

Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

Start with the given expression

The goal of simplifying expressions with square roots is to factor the radicand into a product of two numbers. One of these two numbers must be a perfect square. When you take the square root of this perfect square, you will get a rational number.

So let's list the factors of 3087

Factors:
1, 3, 7, 9, 21, 49, 63, 147, 343, 441, 1029, 3087

Notice how 441 is the largest perfect square, so lets factor 3087 into 441*7

Factor 3087 into 441*7

Break up the square roots using the identity

Take the square root of the perfect square 441 to get 21

So the expression simplifies to

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Check:
Notice if we evaluate the square root of 3087 with a calculator we get

and if we evaluate we get

This shows that . So this verifies our answer

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