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How do you simplify sqrt(10)?

Writer Isabella Browning

How do you simplify sqrt(10)?

 %sqrt(10)% is already in simplest form. <h4 class=answerHeader>Explanation:</h4> The prime factorisation of <mathjax>%10%</mathjax> is:<mathjax>%10 = 2 * 5%</mathjax>Since no factor is repeated, the square root cannot be simplified. It is an irrational number a little larger than <mathjax>%3 = sqrt(9)%</mathjax>.