Question

state the order of the surds 5√2​

Answer 1

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The order of a surd indicates the index of root to be extracted. In n√a, n is called the order of the surd and a is called the radicand. For example: The order of the surd 5√z is 5. (i) A surd with index of root 2 is called a second order surd or quadratic surd.