Simplify Square Root of 17

Here we will show you step-by-step how to simplify the square root of 17. The square root of 17 can be written as follows:


	√	17

The √ symbol is called the radical sign. To simplify the square root of 17 means to get simplest radical form of √17.

Step 1: List Factors
List the factors of 17 like so:

1, 17

Step 2: Find Perfect Squares
Identify the perfect squares* from the list of factors above:

1

Since 1 is the only perfect square above, the square root of 17 cannot be simplified.

However, you may be interested in the decimal and exponent form instead.

Square root of 17 in Decimal form rounded to nearest 5 decimals:

4.12311

Square root of 17 written with Exponent instead of Radical:

17^½

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* List of Perfect Squares