Brightstorm Q & A : Why can't the square root of 130 be the square root of 12 times the square root of 10?

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Because 12 and 10 are not perfect square numbers:√12=3.46101615 and √10=3.16227766Perfect Square numbers:1, 9, 16, 25, 36, 49 etc...

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Abby033 December 14, 2009

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squaring is when you multiply and number by itself

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Eugene_Kang December 15, 2009

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why can't it be 2 times square root of 3 times 10

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kobebryant January 02, 2010

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