SOLUTION: True or false: The expression 5sqrt. 18 is written in simplest radical form.

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Question 294501: True or false:
The expression 5sqrt. 18 is written in simplest radical form.

Answer by Edwin McCravy(20059)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
True or false:
The expression is written in simplest radical form.


False.  That is not in simplest radical form because
18 can be written as the perfect square 9 times 2.



Take individual square roots of the factors under the radical:



And the square root of 9 is 3, so



and finally



That is the simplest radical form.

Edwin

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