How do you simplify the square root of 240?

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Answer 1 · 2018-03-18T19:09:39

Find any perfect squares that are a factor of the number:

#16# #"is a perfect square of"# #4, "and"# #240# #"is divisible by 16;"#

#sqrt(240)=>#

#sqrt(16*15)=>#

#4*sqrt(15)#

There is no other perfect square in 15, so this is the final answer:

#4*sqrt(15)#