Question 77185
Given:
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{{{sqrt(12a^3/25)}}}
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The problem asks you to simplify this expression. To do this you need to get as many factors
out from under the radical sign as possible.
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Let's start by factoring each term under the radical.  Look for factors that are squares.
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For example ... 12 can be factored a number of ways: (12 and 1), (6 and 2), (4 and 3).  The
best set of factors for us is 4 and 2 because 4 is a square.
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{{{a^3}}} can be factored into {{{a^2*a}}}
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Making these substitutions results in the expression becoming:
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{{{sqrt(4*3*a^2*a/25)}}}
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and this can be expanded to:
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{{{sqrt(4)*sqrt(3)*sqrt(a^2)*sqrt(a)/sqrt(25)}}}
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Next take the square root of all the squares.  When you do that the expression becomes:
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{{{2*sqrt(3)*a*sqrt(a)/5}}}
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and by collecting the terms that are now out from under the radical sign we get:
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{{{(2*a/5)*sqrt(3)*sqrt(a)}}}
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and the two terms with radicals can be combined under one radical to get the answer in
the form
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{{{(2*a/5)*sqrt(3*a)}}}
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Hope this gives you an insight into some of the processes that can be used to simplify
problems containing radicals.