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Can you elaborate on the reason why we look for pairs of numbers or variables when we simplify square root expressions?

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We look for pairs of numbers in order to further simplify certain unsimplified square roots. For example, the square root of 20. From this, we pull out a 5 and two 2’s, Since there is a pair of 2’s, we carry one out, and since the 5 is not a pair, it stays inside of the radical. Therefore making it 2√5.
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