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math help please????????????????

how do you find the square root of 24 and the square root of 26?

for example the square root of 32 is 4sqrt2(4 then the square root symbol then 2 inside that symbol) please explain..i really need help

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  • 1 decade ago
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    √24= √4 * √6= 2√6

    √26= √26 because no perfect squares can go into it

  • 1 decade ago

    Its easy. First you take the big number in the square root like √50. then you break down that 50 into its smallest factors like 2x5x5. Those numbers cant be broken down anymore. Then you find any pair of two same numbers so the 5 has two fives. Simply bring out a 5 so the final answer would look like 5√2. The 2 inside the square root didnt have any pairs so it stays inside. If there were two numbers inside without a pair such as a 2 and maybe a 7 then you would multiply those together to get 14 inside the square root symbol.

    Source(s): Math class
  • 1 decade ago

    First break down the numbers.

    24 = 2 * 2 * 2 * 3

    26 = 13 * 2

    Since it is Square root... For every two same numbers inside the square root symbol, remove both of them and instead, put one of the numbers outside the square root.

    √24 = √(2 * 2 * 2 * 3) = 2√(2 * 3) = 2√6

    Therefore √24 = 2√6

    Similarly,

    √26 = √(13 * 2)

    = √26 (It cannot be simplified further. So it is left as it is)

  • 1 decade ago

    24 is 6*4 = 2^2 * 3*2

    2√(6)

    26 = 13*2 =√26

    So a number like 18 is equal to 9*2

    9 is 3 squared.

    so 3^3 * 2

    3√2

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  • 1 decade ago

    sqrt(24) = 2(times the sqr root of )(6)

  • 1 decade ago

    well i have no idea. i normally use a scientific calculator. my teacher said that is what you use. i really have no idea.

  • um im sorry, but i cant help you with this one

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