09/06/2018
Surds...
Examples are √5 √20 √10
simply means they have no perfect square..
√4 √ 25 √ 81 these are not surds...
(SIMPLIFYING SURDS..)
always think of two numbers you can multiply to give out the given number and one of those numbers should be a perfect square..
Eg
(I) √8
Thinking of two numbers you can multiply to give out 8 and one must be a perfect square..
We get
√4.2
Separating those we get
√4 . √2
= 2√2.
(2) √45
=> √9.5
=> √9.√5
Since 9 is a perfect square we get
√9=3
=> 3√5 ansa...
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