SOLUTION: Do you know any easy way to take the square root of any number? ex. root of 500

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Question 434841: Do you know any easy way to take the square root of any number?
ex. root of 500
Answer by stanbon(75887) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Do you know any easy way to take the square root of any number?
ex. root of 500
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Factor and be sure one of the factors is the
largest possible perfect square.
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sqrt(500) = sqrt(100*5) = sqrt(100)*sqrt(5)
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= 10*sqrt(5)
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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