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Simplifying 500\sqrt{500}

To simplify the numerical square root 500\sqrt{500}, first find the largest perfect square factor of the radicand. Since 100100 is the largest perfect square that divides 500500, rewrite the radicand as a product: 1005\sqrt{100 \cdot 5}. Next, use the Product Property of Square Roots to separate the expression into the product of two individual radicals: 1005\sqrt{100} \cdot \sqrt{5}. Finally, simplify the radical containing the perfect square. Because the square root of 100100 is 1010, the simplified form is 10510\sqrt{5}.

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