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Today you'll practice simplifying square roots using the product rule.  Prime factorization is often used when radicands get larger so if you'd like a little practice with prime factorization you can find it here.  This material is covered on pages 271 through 280 in the Engaging Algebra text.

6.3 A Product Rule for Square Roots

After working with this material you'll be able to simplify a square root when at least one factor of the radicand is a perfect square.

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6.4 The Product Rule with Variable Roots

In this topic you'll transfer your skills from above to radicands that have at least one variable factor.

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