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How do you find the square root of 24?

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Apr 12, 2018

$2 \sqrt{6}$ $2sqrt6$

Explanation:

$\sqrt{24} \to 24$ $sqrt24 rarr 24$ is not a perfect square; however, there may be perfect squares that are its factors

$\sqrt{4 \cdot 6} \to 4$ $sqrt(4*6) rarr 4$ is a perfect square and it can be taken out of the radical

$2 \sqrt{6} \to 6$ $2sqrt6 rarr 6$ is not a perfect square and there are no perfect squares as its factors

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