How do you simplify $sqrt0.25$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2016-02-20T02:49:46

$1/2$

$\sqrt{0.25}$

$\sqrt{1/4}$

$\sqrt{1}/\sqrt{4}$

$1/\sqrt{4}$

$1/2$

Answer 2 · 2016-02-22T14:55:09

Just another way (useful trick!): $" "sqrt(0.25) = 1/2$

Suppose you did not know that $0.25 =1/4$

You would very likely know that $0.25 = 25/100$

So $sqrt(0.25) = sqrt(25/100)= sqrt(25)/sqrt(100)$

Giving $5/10 = 1/2$

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