Wednesday, July 31, 2013

±√324 - how do you solve this


A method of extracting roots is to use the factorization of a number (by successively dividing out primes until the number is manageable) 
factoring 324... 
324=2*162=
2^2*81=2^2*9^2 

so that 324 = (2*9)^2 = 18^2 

therefore the square root of 324 is 18 
±√324 = ±18

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