How do you simplify sqrt52?

1 Answer
Aug 20, 2017

See a solution process below:

Explanation:

Use this rule for radicals:

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

sqrt(52) => sqrt(color(red)(4) * color(blue)(13)) => sqrt(color(red)(4)) * sqrt(color(blue)(13)) => 2sqrt(13)