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how to simply radicals?


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Answer:

Let's look at radical 8 to help us understand the steps involving in simplifying radicals.

Step 1

Find the largest perfect square that is a factor of the radicand

4 is the largest perfect square that is a factor of 8

Step 2

Rewrite the radical as a product of the square root of 4 (found in last step) and its matching factor(2)

Step 3

Simplify