How do you simplify $5sqrt3-√12$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2016-05-10T00:49:57

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

$5sqrt 3-sqrt 12$

Write the prime factors of $12$ .

$5sqrt 3-sqrt(2xx2xx3)$

$5sqrt 3-sqrt(2^2xx3)$

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

$5sqrt 3-2sqrt 3$

Simplify.

$3sqrt 3$

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