document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=892612>Question 892612</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> how to simplify square root of 24 and to approximate to two decimal places<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #540625 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=jim_thompson5910><B>jim_thompson5910(35256)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=jim_thompson5910><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=540625\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=sqrt%2824%29=sqrt%284%2A6%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"sqrt%2824%29=sqrt%284%2A6%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > Factor 24 into 4*6 (notice how 4 is a perfect square)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=sqrt%2824%29=sqrt%284%29%2Asqrt%286%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"sqrt%2824%29=sqrt%284%29%2Asqrt%286%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > Break up the root\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=sqrt%2824%29=2%2Asqrt%286%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"sqrt%2824%29=2%2Asqrt%286%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > Take the square root of 4 to get 2\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "So <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=sqrt%2824%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"sqrt%2824%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > simplifies to <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=2%2Asqrt%286%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"2%2Asqrt%286%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Use a calculator to get this approximation <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=sqrt%2824%29=4.898979 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"sqrt%2824%29=4.898979\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > and then round 4.898979 to two decimal places to get 4.90 </SPAN>\n" );
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