Showing posts with label Square Root. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Square Root. Show all posts

Wednesday, May 21, 2014

Simplify with out using a calculator the square root of 704.

factorization can be done by successive division by the prime numbers:
704=352%2A2=176%2A2%5E2=88%2A2%5E3=44%2A2%5E4=22%2A2%5E5=11%2A2%5E6
Now we employ the properties of square roots:



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Friday, April 4, 2014

How do you solve square roots of irrational numbers w/o a calculator? for example sqroot of 68.

There are many ways. One way is to sort of work backwards:
64 < 68 < 81 (close to 64),
so sqrt(68) is close to 8.
Then by trial and error, determine that
8.2 < sqrt(68) < 8.3
Continue this process as long as you are able.

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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