How do you simplify $sqrt70$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2018-04-10T08:14:05

$sqrt(70)$ is already in simplest form

The prime factorisation of $70$ is:

$70 = 2 * 5 * 7$

Since there are no square factors, $sqrt(70)$ does not simplify.

In general, if you find a square factor $a^2$ where $a > 0$ , then:

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

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