How do you simplify $sqrt (2a^2b) * (4a^2)$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2018-05-09T19:27:48

$=>4a^3sqrt(2b)$

All that can be done is to pull out a factor of $a$ from the radical since the $sqrt(a^2) = a$ assuming that $a$ is just a positive number.

$sqrt(2a^2b) * (4a^2)$

$=asqrt(2b) * (4a^2)$

$=4a^3sqrt(2b)$

How do you simplify sqrt (2a^2b) * (4a^2)sqrt (2a^2b) * (4a^2)?