document.write( "Question 276871: what is the square root of 7825 and 16524 and 2466 \n" ); document.write( "
Algebra.Com's Answer #201856 by jsmallt9(3759) ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! Simplifying square roots is a matter of finding factors that are perfect squares. \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "Are there perfect square factors in 7825? One that should be obvious is 25. Factoring out 25 we get: \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "Using the property of radicals, \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "And we can replace the first square root with its value of 5: \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "(You can check but I don't think 313 has any perfect square factors. If this is true then twe are done. \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "Again we look for perfect square factors. Since the last two digits are divisible by 4 then the whole number is divisible by 4 (and 4 is a perfect square). \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "Since the digits of 4131 add up to a number which is divisible by 9, then the entire number is divisible by 9 (which is a perfect square): \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "The digits of 459 also add up to a number divisible by 9: \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "51 has not perfect square factors so we are finished with the factoring. Now we split up the square root: \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "I'll leave the last one for you. \n" ); document.write( " |