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by LFalken » Tue Aug 25, 2009 5:56 am
Sqrt((16*20) + (8*32))

= sqrt (( 320 + 256 ))

= sqrt (576)

= 24


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by rish » Tue Aug 25, 2009 9:37 pm
IMO..this might be quicker

sqrt[(16*20)+(8*32)]
sqrt[16(20+16)]
sqrt[16*36]
4*6
24
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by bharathh » Thu Aug 27, 2009 12:32 pm
Use factors of 2

sqrt(2^4*2^2*5 + 2^3*2^5)
= sqrt(2^6(5+2^2))
=sqrt(2^6*3^2)
= 2^3*3 = 24
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by Kevdog2834 » Mon May 24, 2010 1:03 pm
rish wrote:IMO..this might be quicker

sqrt[(16*20)+(8*32)]
sqrt[16(20+16)]
rish how do you know to take 16 out of both sides?

In the OG it says 8 * 32 is same as 16 * 16. This step confuses me on how they got there and it looks like you did the same thing. Hopefully this is something easy if explained for us. Just want to make sure if we see another problem with different numbers we will know how to quickly solve it correctly.
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by indiantiger » Mon May 24, 2010 3:43 pm
sqrt[(16)(20) + (8)(32)]
= sqrt[(16)*(20) + (8*2)*(16)]
= sqrt[16*(20+16)]
= 4 sqrt(36)
= 4*6 = 24
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by krazy800 » Mon May 24, 2010 4:07 pm
Kevdog2834 wrote:
rish wrote:IMO..this might be quicker

sqrt[(16*20)+(8*32)] - (1)
sqrt[16(20+16)]
rish how do you know to take 16 out of both sides?

In the OG it says 8 * 32 is same as 16 * 16. This step confuses me on how they got there and it looks like you did the same thing. Hopefully this is something easy if explained for us. Just want to make sure if we see another problem with different numbers we will know how to quickly solve it correctly.
32 = 2* 16

therefore 8*32 = 8*2*16 = 16*16


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by Patrick_GMATFix » Wed May 26, 2010 1:22 pm
Don't waste your time multiplying and adding everything under the root. Instead it makes sense to keep things as products of factors in order to extract them from the square root more easily. The answer is B. Solution & Take-Away are attached.
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by Kevdog2834 » Tue Jun 01, 2010 9:57 am
krazy800 wrote: 32 = 2* 16

therefore 8*32 = 8*2*16 = 16*16


HTH!!!
Thank you for showing the simplicity of the problem. It was very easy but my mind was not catching it until now.
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