How do you simplify $5 \sqrt{3} - \sqrt 12$ $5sqrt3-√12$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2016-05-10T00:49:57

$5 \sqrt{3} - \sqrt{12} = 3 \sqrt{3}$ $5sqrt 3-sqrt 12=color(blue)(3sqrt3)$

$5 \sqrt{3} - \sqrt{12}$ $5sqrt 3-sqrt 12$

Write the prime factors of $12$ $12$ .

$5 \sqrt{3} - \sqrt{2 \times 2 \times 3}$ $5sqrt 3-sqrt(2xx2xx3)$

$5 \sqrt{3} - \sqrt{2^{2} \times 3}$ $5sqrt 3-sqrt(2^2xx3)$

Apply the square root rule $\sqrt{a^{2}} = a$ $sqrt(a^2)=a$ .

$5 \sqrt{3} - 2 \sqrt{3}$ $5sqrt 3-2sqrt 3$

Simplify.

$3 \sqrt{3}$ $3sqrt 3$

How do you simplify 5√3−√125sqrt3-√12?