SOLUTION: Simplify square root 500

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Question 87493: Simplify
square root 500
Answer by rapaljer(4671) About Me  (Show Source):
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sqrt%28500%29+

Find a perfect square, the largest one you can find, that divides evenly into 500. This would be 100. Make that, 100*5
sqrt%28500%29+
sqrt%28100%29%2Asqrt%285%29+
10%2Asqrt%285%29++

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