Question

what are surds in terms of maths??

Answer 1

surds are those numbers whose square root can't be taken out in any natural no for example: √3=1 .732 so it is not surd whereas √4=2 so it is surd

Answer 2

Heya friend,

Index of a radical or surds is always a natural number.

For example,

Here a^m is called radicand , n√a^m is called surds or radical and n is called the index of the radical or surds. The sign √ is called the radical sign.


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Tanisha