How do you simplify $2sqrt12$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2015-05-16T15:29:27

$2sqrt(12) = 2sqrt(2xx2xx3) = 2sqrt(2^2xx3)$

$= 2sqrt(2^2)sqrt(3) = 2xx2sqrt(3) = 4sqrt(3)$

using $sqrt(ab) = sqrt(a)sqrt(b)$ and $sqrt(a^2) = a$ (when $a>=0$ ).

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