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Simplifying Square Roots
« on: March 07, 2013, 08:29:35 pm »
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This lens is designed for students, parents and teachers looking for help simplifying square roots. It includes video tutorials and examples to go along with text explanations. For more math help buy isabel marant check out the links below.
3) Remove the Pairs - Remove each pair from the square root and place ONE representative of the pair outside the square root.
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The following video gives a brief explanation of the above and then the videos after that are a few examples using the perfect square method.
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2) Remove perfect squares from square root - The product rule for square roots allows you to rewrite a square root as a product of square roots.
4) Remultiply - The last step is to remultiply inside and outside the square root.
2) Pair Up the Primes - Go through the prime factors and pair them up. After the pairs you then list the unpaired factors.
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3) Simplify - Simplify the square roots of the perfect squares and remultiply.
1) Factor - The first step is to factor the number into prime factors. There are different methods of doing this. The most common method is a factor tree.
The following video is a tutorial on how to do this. The videos after that are examples or how to apply this method.

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