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The simplest form of square root of eighty can be written as a times square root of b, where a = and b = .

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√(80)

√(16* 5)

√(16) * √(5)

4 √(5)
Find the largest square, in this case, 16 and the number that it is multiplied by to get 80
Separate into two squares
The square root of 16 is 4, so the answer is
a = 4 and b = 5

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