How do you simplify $sqrt3*sqrt12$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2017-01-25T19:40:59

$sqrt(3)*sqrt(12) = 6$

If $a, b >= 0$ then:

$sqrt(ab) = sqrt(a)*sqrt(b)$

So in our example, we find:

$sqrt(3)*sqrt(12) = sqrt(3*12) = sqrt(36) = sqrt(6^2) = 6$

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