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Algebra.Com's Answer #154088 by Earlsdon(6294) $\"\"$ $\"About$

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The idea here is to factor the radicand (quantity under the radical) and see if any of the factors is a perfect square. If a factor is a perfect square, then take its square root and move out from under the radical.
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\n" ); document.write( " $\"sqrt%28120%29\"$ Factor the radicand.
\n" ); document.write( " $\"sqrt%284%2A30%29\"$ Take the square root of 4 and move it out in front.
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