Posted by Alessandra on Sunday, August 22, 2010 at 1:00pm.
a number like √28 can be changed to a mixed radical by looking for factors of 28 which are perfect squares
perfect squares are 4,9,16,25,36,49,64,...
since 28 = 4x7
√28 = √4 x √7
= 2√7
splitting 28 up into factors that do not contain a perfect square, does us no good.
e.g.
√28 = √2 x √14 , nothing gained here.
If a number does not contain a perfect square number it cannot be changed into a mixed radical
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