SOLUTION: Which is in its simplest form..4 square root of 6 or 8 square root of 3/2?

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Question 611282: Which is in its simplest form..4 square root of 6 or 8 square root of 3/2?
Answer by jsmallt9(3758) About Me  (Show Source):
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4sqrt%286%29 8sqrt%283%2F2%29
Expressions with square roots are simplified square roots if do not...:
  • have perfect square factors (other than 1) in the radicand(s). ("Radicand" is what the expression inside a radical is called.)
  • fractions in the radicand(s)
  • square roots in a denominator
Since 8sqrt%283%2F2%29 has a fraction in its radicand, it is not in its simplest form. 4sqrt%286%29 is fully simplified.