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OpenStudy (anonymous):

simplify radical 45??

OpenStudy (hawkfalcon):

Seriously? Don't you get it yet?

OpenStudy (noelgreco):

Are any perfect squares factors of 45?

OpenStudy (hawkfalcon):

Find out what fits into the radical evenly that can be rooted.

OpenStudy (hawkfalcon):

*perfect squares*

OpenStudy (hawkfalcon):

Okay. Do you know what a perfect square is?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

9 @NoelGreco

OpenStudy (hawkfalcon):

http://www.mathwarehouse.com/arithmetic/numbers/list-of-perfect-squares.php Here is a list of them

OpenStudy (hawkfalcon):

Yes @broderick365 Now you take the original and divide it by that

OpenStudy (hawkfalcon):

\[\sqrt{9}\sqrt{5}\] Can you see why that is? And how you can further simplify it?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

3 radical 5

OpenStudy (hawkfalcon):

exactly. Make sense?

OpenStudy (noelgreco):

Bingo!

OpenStudy (hawkfalcon):

@broderick365 I am just trying to teach you, so you won't have to rely on others for your test:) Do you get how to do it now?

OpenStudy (hawkfalcon):

I guess not :( *sigh*

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