Question

Can you help me Simplify this radical? Its for geometry studying.

Answer 1

Use the following property:

`\sqrt[]{a\cdot b}=\sqrt[]{a}\cdot\sqrt[]{b}`

Express:

`\sqrt[]{68}`

as:

`\sqrt[]{4\cdot17}`

so:

`\sqrt[]{4\cdot17}=\sqrt[]{4}\cdot\sqrt[]{17}=2\sqrt[]{17}`