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Algebra.Com's Answer #225885 by Edwin McCravy(20055) $\"\"$ $\"About$

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document.write( "Then substitute in\r\n" );
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document.write( "216 is not a perfect square. However it has a perfect square\r\n" );
document.write( "36 as a factor for 36*6 is 216. So we write 36*6 instead of 216\r\n" );
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document.write( "Now to take the square root of the product 36*6 by taking individual \r\n" );
document.write( "square roots of 36 and 6\r\n" );
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document.write( "Now we know the square root of 36 is 6, so we write 6 instead of .\r\n" );
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document.write( "Next we factor 6 out of the top:\r\n" );
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document.write( "Finally we cancel the 6 in the top into the 18 in the bottom \r\n" );
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document.write( "That leaves 3 in the bottom:\r\n" );
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