Question

Simplify the folling square roots in radical form 3(Square root)12

Answer 1

So your equation is \[3\sqrt{12}\], right?

Answer 2

Yea

Answer 3

Okay, do you know how to factor that \(12\) underneath the square root sign?

Answer 4

Just figured it out whpalmer

Answer 5

what did you get?

Answer 6

Wait I was thinking of something else I don't understand it..

Answer 7

Okay, what are the smallest numbers you can multiply together (as many of them as you need) to get a product of 12?

Answer 8

you can write 12 as 4*3...since 4 is a perfect square..you could take it out of the square root sign and write as 2

Answer 9

hence the expression is simplified as
6 sqrt(3)