Is the product of two perfect squares always a perfect square?

1 Answer
Dec 4, 2016

Yes

Explanation:

Suppose that one of the squares is x^2 and the other is y^2.

Their product,
(x^2)(y^2)
will be equal to (xy)^2, which is also a perfect square.

By the same reason, the product of any number of perfect squares is a perfect square.

Let's take an example to confirm this.

(27)^2 xx (31)^2 = 729 xx 961 = 700,569

sqrt700569 = 837