Reducible Radical/Examples/Root 16

Example of Reducible Radical

$\sqrt {16}$ is a reducible radical because it can be expressed as a rational number:

$\sqrt {16} = 4$


Sources

  • 1998: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (2nd ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): reducible radical
  • 2008: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (4th ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): reducible radical
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