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Find the Smallest Number by Which 3645 Must Be Divided So that It Becomes a Perfect Square. Also, Find the Square Root of the Resulting Number. - Mathematics

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Find the smallest number by which 3645 must be divided so that it becomes a perfect square. Also, find the square root of the resulting number. 

 

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Solution

The prime factorisation of 3645:
3645 = 3 x 3 x 3 x 3 x 3 x 3 x 5
Grouping the factors into pairs of equal factors, we get:
3645 = (3 x 3) x (3 x 3) x (3 x 3) x 5
The factor, 5 does not have a pair. Therefore, we must divide 3645 by 5 to make a perfect square. The new number is:
(3 x 3) x (3 x 3) x (3 x 3) = 729
Taking one factor from each pair on the LHS, the square root of the new number is 3 x 3 x 3, which is equal to 27.

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Chapter 3: Squares and Square Roots - Exercise 3.4 [Page 38]

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RD Sharma Mathematics [English] Class 8
Chapter 3 Squares and Square Roots
Exercise 3.4 | Q 5 | Page 38

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