Question

How do you un-simplify a radical?
Like: 3(squareroot)2

Answer 1

3 squared is 9
bring the 9 inside the radial and multiply it by 2

Answer 2

What about one that's like -5(squareroot)6

Answer 3

same thing, 5 squared is 25, bring it inside the radial, multiply by 6
leave the minus sign out front

Answer 4

THen how do you do a normal simplification like 3(square)40?

Answer 5

*Square root

Answer 6

\[\sqrt{40}=\sqrt{4\times 10}=\sqrt{4}\times \sqrt{10}=2\sqrt{10}\] look for perfect squares as factors of the number

Answer 7

Thank you so much!