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Can you help me Simplify this radical? Its for geometry studying.

Can you help me Simplify this radical? Its for geometry studying.-example-1
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Use the following property:


\sqrt[]{a\cdot b}=\sqrt[]{a}\cdot\sqrt[]{b}

Express:


\sqrt[]{68}

as:


\sqrt[]{4\cdot17}

so:


\sqrt[]{4\cdot17}=\sqrt[]{4}\cdot\sqrt[]{17}=2\sqrt[]{17}

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