
The index of a square root is 2, so we write:
Divide the index into each exponent.
Divide index 2 into the first exponent 99
49
2)99
98
1
49 is the quotient, so we will have
on
the outside in front of the radical.
1 is the remainder, so we will have
left
under the radical. So far we have this:

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Divide index 2 into the second exponent 87
43
2)87
86
1
43 is the quotient, so we will have
on
the outside in front of the radical.
1 is the remainder, so we will have
left
under the radical. So far we have this:

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Divide index 2 into the third exponent 64
32
2)64
64
0
32 is the quotient, so we will have
on
the outside in front of the radical.
0 is the remainder, so we will have no y's left
under the radical. So we have:

But of course when the root is a square root,
we do not write the index, so we will drop the
index 2, and the 1 exponents as well:
Edwin