What is the square root of 144?

What is the square root of 144?

We can use the Prime Factorisation Technique to solve for

the Square root of 144%144 = 2 * 2 * 2 * 2 * 3 * 3%
%144 = 2 ^ 4 * 3 ^2%

%sqrt 144 = sqrt(2^4 * 3^2)%% = sqrt ((2^2)^2 * 3^2)%% = 2^2 * 3%% = 4*3%%

= 12%%color(green)(sqrt 144 = 12 %