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OpenStudy (anonymous):

Help would be nice...

OpenStudy (anonymous):

What is the exact value of the expression the square root of 486. - the square root of 24. + the square root of 6.? Simplify if possible.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

2the square root of 2. 2the square root of 6. 6the square root of 2. 8the square root of 6.

OpenStudy (johnweldon1993):

\[\large \sqrt{486} - \sqrt{24} + \sqrt{6}\] we can ask ourselves..."what times what = 486?" and what times what = 24?

OpenStudy (johnweldon1993):

I'll give you a hint for this one...\(\large \sqrt{6}\) plays a bit role

OpenStudy (johnweldon1993):

\[\large 81 \times 6 = 486\] \[\large 4 \times 6 = 24\] so what we can write..is \[\large \sqrt{81 \times 6} - \sqrt{4 \times 6} + \sqrt{6}\]

OpenStudy (johnweldon1993):

what is the square root of 81? ...that is 9....what is the square root of 4? well that is 2....so now we have \[\large 9\sqrt{6} - 2\sqrt{6} + \sqrt{6}\] This can then be simplified into \(\large 8\sqrt{6}\)

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