Select the correct answer.
Which calculation correctly uses prime factorization to write √48 In simplest form?
OA √48 = √2-2-2-2-3-2√12
OB. √48√4 - 12 = 2√12
OC. √48 = √2-2-2-2-3= 4√3
OD. √48 =√16-3 = 4√3

Select the correct answer. Which calculation correctly uses prime factorization to write √48 In simplest form? OA √48 = √2-2-2-2-3-2√12 OB. √48√4 - 12 = 2√12 OC class=

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marisa202

D. √48 =√16*3 = 4√3

Simplify the radical by breaking the radicand up into a product of known factors.

16*3 = 48

this means that √48 = √16*3, but this can be simplified.

√16 = 4, √3 = √3 because it cannot be simplified farther

making the most simplified answer 4√3

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