document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=176438>Question 176438</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> how do you figure out a square root? like the square root of 4985? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=sqrt%284985%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"sqrt%284985%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > Start with the given expression\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "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.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "So let's list the factors of 4985\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Factors:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "1, 5, 11, 55, 89, 445, 979, 4895.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Since none of these factors are perfect squares, we cannot simplify <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=sqrt%284985%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"sqrt%284985%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "We can use a calculator to approximate <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=sqrt%284985%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"sqrt%284985%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > to get <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=sqrt%284985%29=70.605 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"sqrt%284985%29=70.605\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > (which is approximate) </SPAN>\n" );
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