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72 can be written as 8 x 9

72 = 8 x 9 = 2^2 x 2 x 3^2

Thus, the expression can be rewritten as


\begin{gathered} 3\sqrt[]{72}\text{ = 3}\sqrt[]{2^2*2*3^2}\text{ = 3 }*3*2\sqrt[]{2} \\ =\text{ }3\text{ }*6\sqrt[]{2} \end{gathered}

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