How do you simplify $\sqrt{42}$ $sqrt(42)$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2015-07-20T18:15:20

$\sqrt{42}$ $sqrt(42)$

Factor it to the primes to see if any factors can be pulled out of the square root:
$\sqrt{42} = \sqrt{2 \cdot 3 \cdot 7}$ $sqrt(42)=sqrt(2*3*7)$

There is nothing that can be pulled out of the square root so it can't be simplified further.

How do you simplify √42sqrt(42) ?