document.write( "Question 295600: √(12w^4 ) Rewrite the following in simplified radical form, assume that all variables represent positive real numbers\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"sqrt%284%2A3%2Aw%5E4%29\" Factor \"12\" into \"4%2A3\"\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"sqrt%284%2A3%2Aw%5E2%2Aw%5E2%29\" Factor \"w%5E4\" into \"w%5E2%2Aw%5E2\"\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"sqrt%284%29%2Asqrt%283%29%2Asqrt%28w%5E2%29%2Asqrt%28w%5E2%29\" Break up the square root using the identity \"sqrt%28A%2AB%29=sqrt%28A%29%2Asqrt%28B%29\".\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"2%2Asqrt%283%29%2Asqrt%28w%5E2%29%2Asqrt%28w%5E2%29\" Take the square root of \"4\" to get \"2\".\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"2%2Asqrt%283%29%2Aw%2Aw\" Take the square root of \"w%5E2\" to get \"w\".\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"2w%5E2%2Asqrt%283%29\" Rearrange and multiply the terms.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "So \"sqrt%2812%2Aw%5E4%29\" simplifies to \"2w%5E2%2Asqrt%283%29\"\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "In other words, \"sqrt%2812%2Aw%5E4%29=2w%5E2%2Asqrt%283%29\" where \"w%3E=0\"
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