Can you find the square root of 250 with prime factorisation without using calculator or is it not possible?

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asked Jan 25, 2021 84.0k views

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Aviram Fireberger · Answer 1 · 2021-01-31T09:36:12+0000

Answer:

Not possible.

Explanation:

250 = 2 * 5 * 5 * 5

From this you write the square root as 5 * √10 so you would have to use a calculator to get any further.