How do you simplify sqrt(17)*sqrt(2b)?

1 Answer
Mar 5, 2018

Use this rule of exponents to simplify the expression:

sqrt(color(red)(a)) * sqrt(color(blue)(b)) = sqrt(color(red)(a) * color(blue)(b))

sqrt(color(red)(17)) * sqrt(color(blue)(2b)) = sqrt(color(red)(17) * color(blue)(2b)) = sqrt(34b)