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How do you simplify #sqrt6*sqrt8#?

Answer 1

Hazel Anglin

#4sqrt3#

#"using the "color(blue)"law of radicals"#

#•color(white)(x)sqrtaxxsqrtbhArrsqrt(ab)#

#rArrsqrt6xxsqrt8#

#=sqrt(6xx8)=sqrt48#

#sqrt48=sqrt(16xx3)=sqrt16xxsqrt3=4sqrt3#

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Answer 2

Nathan Axel

To simplify sqrt6 * sqrt8, you can multiply the numbers inside the square roots together. sqrt6 * sqrt8 is equal to sqrt(6 * 8), which simplifies to sqrt(48). Further simplifying, sqrt(48) can be written as 4 * sqrt(3).

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Answer from HIX Tutor

When evaluating a one-sided limit, you need to be careful when a quantity is approaching zero since its sign is different depending on which way it is approaching zero from. Let us look at some examples.