Simplify Square Root of 86985

Here we will show you two methods that you can use to simplify the square root of 86985. In other words, we will show you how to find the square root of 86985 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.

√86985 = A√B

Greatest Perfect Square Factor Method
The Greatest Perfect Square Factor Method uses the greatest perfect square factor of 86985 to simplify the square root of 86985. 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 86985. The factors of 86985 are 1, 3, 5, 9, 15, 45, 1933, 5799, 9665, 17397, 28995, and 86985. Furthermore, the greatest perfect square on this list is 9 and the square root of 9 is 3. Therefore, A equals 3.

B = Calculate 86985 divided by the greatest perfect square from the list of all factors of 86985. We determined above that the greatest perfect square from the list of all factors of 86985 is 9. Furthermore, 86985 divided by 9 is 9665, therefore B equals 9665.

Now we have A and B and can get our answer to 86985 in its simplest radical form as follows:

√86985 = A√B

√86985 = 3√9665

Double Prime Factor Method
The Double Prime Factor Method uses the prime factors of 86985 to simplify the square root of 86985 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 86985 and then take the square root of that product. The prime factors that multiply together to make 86985 are 3 x 3 x 5 x 1933. When we strip out the pairs only, we get 3 x 3 = 9 and the square root of 9 is 3. Therefore, A equals 3.

B = Divide 86985 by the number (A) squared. 3 squared is 9 and 86985 divided by 9 is 9665. Therefore, B equals 9665.

Once again we have A and B and can get our answer to 86985 in its simplest radical form as follows:

√86985 = A√B

√86985 = 3√9665

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