How do you simplify $(sqrt(72 x^2))$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2015-05-18T21:52:09

Let's decouple your constant and remove the squared number from your squared root:

$xsqrt(2*2*2*3*3)=xsqrt(2*2^2*3^2)$

Again, we can remove the squared numbers from inside the square root:

$6xsqrt(2)$

How do you simplify (sqrt(72 x^2))(sqrt(72 x^2))?