How do you simplify $sqrt(40)$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2018-03-13T12:45:51

See a solution process below:

First, rewrite the radical as:

$sqrt(4 * 10)$

Then use this rule for radicals to simplify the expression:

$sqrt(color(red)(a) * color(blue)(b)) = sqrt(color(red)(a)) * sqrt(color(blue)(b))$

$sqrt(color(red)(4) * color(blue)(10)) =>$

$sqrt(color(red)(4)) * sqrt(color(blue)(10)) =>$

$2sqrt(color(blue)(10))$

How do you simplify sqrt(40)sqrt(40)?