How do you simplify 2sqrt5 *3sqrt10 ?

2 Answers
Sep 6, 2015

30sqrt(2)

Explanation:

color(red)(2sqrt(5))*color(blue)(3sqrt(10))

= color(red)(2)*color(blue)(3)*color(red)(sqrt(5))*color(blue)(sqrt(10))

= 6* color(green)(sqrt(50))

= 6* color(green)(sqrt(25)*sqrt(2))

=6*color(green)(5sqrt(2))

=30sqrt(2)

Sep 6, 2015

I found: 30sqrt(2)

Explanation:

You can write:
2sqrt(5)*3sqrt(5*2)=(2*3)sqrt(5)sqrt(5)sqrt(2)=
Multiply:
=6*5*sqrt(2)=
Where you used the faxt that sqrt(x)sqrt(x)=x.

So: 2sqrt(5)*3sqrt(10)=30sqrt(2)