SOLUTION: I am in the 8th grade and we are learning about radicals simplifying them. I can not figure this one out, so please help me. What is the simplified radical for 486 and 289

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Question 907969: I am in the 8th grade and we are learning about radicals simplifying them. I can not figure this one out, so please help me. What is the simplified radical for 486 and 289
Found 2 solutions by josmiceli, stanbon:
Answer by josmiceli(19441)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
I looked for small numbers that evenly
divide
I found that
then I noticed:


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Answer by stanbon(75887)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
I am in the 8th grade and we are learning about radicals simplifying them. I can not figure this one out, so please help me. What is the simplified radical for 486 and 289
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486 = 6*81
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sqrt(486) = sqrt(81)*sqrt(6) = 9*sqrt(6)
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289 = 17^2
sqrt(289) = sqrt(17^2) = 17
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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