Simplify square root of 50t^2

$\sqrt{50 t^{2}}$

Step 1

Rewrite $50 t^{2}$ as ${(5 t)}^{2} \cdot 2$ .

Factor $25$ out of $50$ .

$\sqrt{25 (2) t^{2}}$

Rewrite $25$ as $5^{2}$ .

$\sqrt{5^{2} \cdot 2 t^{2}}$

Move $2$ .

$\sqrt{5^{2} t^{2} \cdot 2}$

Rewrite $5^{2} t^{2}$ as ${(5 t)}^{2}$ .

$\sqrt{{(5 t)}^{2} \cdot 2}$

$\sqrt{{(5 t)}^{2} \cdot 2}$

Step 2

Pull terms out from under the radical.

$5 t \sqrt{2}$

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