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4 Answers
- ?Lv 72 years ago
sqrt(42) * sqrt(12)
= sqrt(2 * 3 * 7) * sqrt(2^2 * 3)
= (2 * 3) * sqrt(2 * 7)
= 6 sqrt(14). Final.
- llafferLv 72 years ago
The product of two roots is the same as the root of the product, so:
√42 * √12
√(42 * 12)
√504
Now to simplify this, we need to find square factors that we can pull out. So starting with the prime factorization:
√(2³ * 3² * 7)
We can pull out a 2² and 3². After factoring those:
√[(2² * 3²)(2 * 7)]
We can now reverse the first step and turn this back into the product of roots:
√(2² * 3²) * √(2 * 7)
We can do this one more time:
√(2²) * √(3²) * √(2 * 7)
Now the square roots of squares simplify, as does the product in the final factor:
2 * 3 √14
6√14
That's your simplified term.