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About answering
by Charles Zhang - Wednesday, 9 December 2020, 4:37 PM
 
Some problems on here say something about the answer being in the form P * sqrt(Q), and find P+Q


My question is, if there is just a square root answer, would it be Q + 1? (Where that 1 is P, technically)

 
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Re: About answering
by David Reynoso - Wednesday, 9 December 2020, 5:09 PM
 

Correct. If your  answer is just $\sqrt{Q}$, that means $P = 1$

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Re: About answering
by Charles Zhang - Thursday, 10 December 2020, 9:01 PM
 

Thank you!