How do you simplify $sqrt104$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2018-03-14T13:54:55

See a solution process below:

First, rewrite the expression under the radical as:

$sqrt(104) => sqrt(4 * 26)$

Now, use this rule for radicals to simplify the expression:

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

$sqrt(color(red)(4) * color(blue)(26)) = sqrt(color(red)(4)) * sqrt(color(blue)(26)) => 2sqrt(26)$

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