Question

bill and jill were asked to simplify √ 72 bill got an answer of 3√ 8 and jill got an answer of 6√ 2 who is correct explain below why they are correct and/or why the other person is incorrect

Answer 1

Answer:

$6\sqrt{2}$

Step-by-step explanation:

When simplifying surds you need to find a square number that the number is divisible by. In this case root(72) would be divisible by root(36).

This would then turn into $6\sqrt{2}$. (72 divided 36 is 2 and root(36) is 6)