Khan/khan-exercises — Issue #15493: Simplifying radicals - Wrong answer
Author: KhanBugz
Created: 2012-03-05 23:20:56+00:00
State: open
Labels: safari, vista, wrong-or-unclear

in simplifing radicals, there is a question that says radical sign then 216. Then it says that the largest perfect square that divides 216 is 36, but 216 is divisible by 108 which is 9x9 and then the answer would be 9 radical 2 not 6 radical 6

[simplifying_radicals.html?seed=26&problem=not-yet-simple](http://sandcastle.khanacademy.org/media/castles/Khan:master/exercises/simplifying_radicals.html?seed=26&problem=not-yet-simple&debug)

[Answer timeline](http://sandcastle.khanacademy.org/media/castles/Khan:master/exercises/simplifying_radicals.html?seed=26&problem=not-yet-simple&debug&activity=%5B%5B%22incorrect-activity%22%2C%22%5B9%2C2%5D%22%2C133%5D%2C%5B%22hint-activity%22%2C%220%22%2C3%5D%5D)

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