How do you simplify $sqrt(10)$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2018-05-06T07:23:01

$sqrt(10)$ is already in simplest form.

The prime factorisation of $10$ is:

$10 = 2 * 5$

Since no factor is repeated, the square root cannot be simplified.

It is an irrational number a little larger than $3 = sqrt(9)$ .

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