document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=287577>Question 287577</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> What is the square root of 5 on the outside of the check mark and 18 inside the check mark? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "(I love the description of the square root sign as a check mark.  That was a great description and let me know immediately what the problem should look like). :-) Excellent. :-)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "So ok... here is your problem:  <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=5sqrt%2818%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"5sqrt%2818%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Think of the various ways you can reach 18 through multiplication.  There is:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=3%2A6 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"3%2A6\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=2%2A9 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"2%2A9\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Let's look at that <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=2%2A9 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"2%2A9\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > choice.  In that situation, you can take the square root of 9, right?  In other words, you know what this is:   <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=sqrt%289%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"sqrt%289%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >.  This answer to <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=sqrt%289%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"sqrt%289%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > is 3. Keep that in your mind now and look at your problem this way:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=5sqrt%2818%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"5sqrt%2818%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >  <----This can be rewritten as:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=5sqrt%282%2A9%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"5sqrt%282%2A9%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >   \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Now... let's take the square root of 9, which is 3, k?  We can \"pull\" that 3 out of the square root sign and we'll leave the 2 on the inside of the square root sign -- inside the check mark, like this:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=5sqrt%282%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"5sqrt%282%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >  BUT don't forget the 3 that you got from the <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=sqrt%289%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"sqrt%289%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >.  You have to multiply that 3 times the 5 that was already sitting outside the sign.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=5+%2A+3+=+15 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"5+%2A+3+=+15\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > soooo we write the problem as:  <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=15sqrt%282%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"15sqrt%282%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "So... here it is so you can see it all together:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=%285%2A3%29sqrt%282%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"%285%2A3%29sqrt%282%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I hope this helps. :-) </SPAN>\n" );
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