SOLUTION: I am coming up with a decimal answer for these but they need to be in whole number or sq root form. What am I doing wrong? I am trying to simplify sqrt of 500 and sqrt of 108...

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: I am coming up with a decimal answer for these but they need to be in whole number or sq root form. What am I doing wrong? I am trying to simplify sqrt of 500 and sqrt of 108... This question is from textbook

Answer by Earlsdon(6294) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Simplify:
sqrt%28500%29 and sqrt%28108%29
sqrt%28500%29+=+sqrt%285%2A100%29
sqrt%285%2A100%29+=+sqrt%285%29%2Asqrt%28100%29 = sqrt%285%29%2Asqrt%2810%5E2%29
sqrt%285%29%2Asqrt%2810%5E2%29+=+sqrt%285%29%2810%29
So, sqrt%28500%29+=+10sqrt%285%29
sqrt%28108%29+=+sqrt%283%2A36%29 = sqrt%283%29%2Asqrt%2836%29
sqrt%283%29%2Asqrt%286%5E2%29 = sqrt%283%29%286%29
So, sqrt%28108%29+=+6sqrt%283%29