Tap the blue circles to see an explanation.
$$ \begin{aligned}8\sqrt{99}& \xlongequal{ \color{blue}{ \text{\normalsize{ \htmlClass{explanationCircle explanationCircle1}{\textcircled {1}} } }}}8\cdot \sqrt{ 9 \cdot 11 } \xlongequal{ } \\[1 em] & \xlongequal{ \color{blue}{ \text{\normalsize{ \htmlClass{explanationCircle explanationCircle2}{\textcircled {2}} } }}}8\cdot \sqrt{ 9 } \cdot \sqrt{ 11 } \xlongequal{ } \\[1 em] & \xlongequal{ \color{blue}{ \text{\normalsize{ \htmlClass{explanationCircle explanationCircle3}{\textcircled {3}} } }}}8\cdot3 \sqrt{ 11 } \xlongequal{ } \\[1 em] & \xlongequal{ }24\sqrt{11}\end{aligned} $$ | |
① | Factor out the largest perfect square of 99. ( in this example we factored out $ 9 $ ) |
② | Rewrite $ \sqrt{ 9 \cdot 11 } $ as the product of two radicals. |
③ | The square root of $ 9 $ is $ 3 $. |