How do you simplify sqrt(567)?

1 Answer
Jan 17, 2017

sqrt567

The numbers 5, 6, and 7 equal 18. So it is divisible by 9.

I divided 567 by 9, and found the quotient equal to 63.

So 9xx63=567.

So, the prime factors of 9 are 3 and 3, and the prime factors for 63 are 7 and 9.

List the prime factors for 567.

sqrt(3xx3xx3xx3xx7)

Group like factors into pairs.

sqrt((3xx3)xx(3xx3)xx7))

Rewrite each pair in exponent form.

sqrt(3^2xx3^2xx7)

Apply the rule sqrt(a^2)=a.

(3xx3)sqrt7

Simplify.

9sqrt7