SOLUTION: How does square root 104 turn into 2 square root 26?

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Question 260887: How does square root 104 turn into 2 square root 26?
Found 2 solutions by richwmiller, drk:
Answer by richwmiller(17219) About Me  (Show Source):
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sqrt(104)=sqrt(4*26)=sqrt(4)*sqrt(26)=2*sqrt(26)

Answer by drk(1908) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
we start with
sqrt%28104%29
now, we need to break it apart into prime factors we get
sqrt%282%2A2%2A26%29
take out a 2 and we get
2%2Asqrt%2826%29