SOLUTION: 3. Simplify: √[144x10y12z18]

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Question 118228: 3. Simplify:
√[144x10y12z18]


Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Start with the given expression
Factor into

Break up the square root using the identity

Take the square root of the perfect square 144 to get 12

Take the square root of the perfect squares , and to get , and

Multiply the common terms



So simplifies to



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Here's another way to do it


Start with the given expression


Rewrite the radical expression into an exponential expression


Rewrite 144 as


Distribute the outer exponent


Multiply the exponents


Simplify


Rewrite as


Take the square root of the perfect square 144 to get 12


So simplifies to

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