SOLUTION: square root 8 times 6 square root 8 write in simplified radical form

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: square root 8 times 6 square root 8
write in simplified radical form This question is from textbook

Answer by rapaljer(4671) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
sqrt%288%29%2A+6+%2Asqrt%288%29
It may help to think of this and rewrite it as
1+%2Asqrt%288%29+%2A6+%2Asqrt%288%29

Multiply the numbers that are OUTSIDE the square root and keep them OUTSIDE the square root, and multiply the numbers that are INSIDE the square root and keep them INSIDE the square root:
1%2A6+%2A+sqrt%288%2A8%29
6%2Asqrt%2864%29
6+%2A8
48

For more detailed explanation of radicals see my Lesson Plans about Square Roots in algebra.com, or go to my website (click on my tutor name "Rapaljer" anywhere in algebra.com!), and look for "Basic Algebra", then "Samples from Basic Algebra: One Step at a Time," then Chapter 5 Radicals, Section 5.04 Multiplication of Radicals. See also my "Math in Living Color" page, "Basic Algebra," "Chapter 5." I hope you will find this helpful.

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