Simplify Square Root of 72196

Here we will show you two methods that you can use to simplify the square root of 72196. In other words, we will show you how to find the square root of 72196 in its simplest radical form using two different methods.

To be more specific, we have created an illustration below showing what we want to calculate. Our goal is to make "A" outside the radical (√) as large as possible, and "B" inside the radical (√) as small as possible.

√72196 = A√B

Greatest Perfect Square Factor Method
The Greatest Perfect Square Factor Method uses the greatest perfect square factor of 72196 to simplify the square root of 72196. This is how to calculate A and B using this method:

A = Calculate the square root of the greatest perfect square from the list of all factors of 72196. The factors of 72196 are 1, 2, 4, 18049, 36098, and 72196. Furthermore, the greatest perfect square on this list is 4 and the square root of 4 is 2. Therefore, A equals 2.

B = Calculate 72196 divided by the greatest perfect square from the list of all factors of 72196. We determined above that the greatest perfect square from the list of all factors of 72196 is 4. Furthermore, 72196 divided by 4 is 18049, therefore B equals 18049.

Now we have A and B and can get our answer to 72196 in its simplest radical form as follows:

√72196 = A√B

√72196 = 2√18049

Double Prime Factor Method
The Double Prime Factor Method uses the prime factors of 72196 to simplify the square root of 72196 to its simplest form possible. This is how to calculate A and B using this method:

A = Multiply all the double prime factors (pairs) of 72196 and then take the square root of that product. The prime factors that multiply together to make 72196 are 2 x 2 x 18049. When we strip out the pairs only, we get 2 x 2 = 4 and the square root of 4 is 2. Therefore, A equals 2.

B = Divide 72196 by the number (A) squared. 2 squared is 4 and 72196 divided by 4 is 18049. Therefore, B equals 18049.

Once again we have A and B and can get our answer to 72196 in its simplest radical form as follows:

√72196 = A√B

√72196 = 2√18049

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