Finding square roots come in almost every mathematics syllabus from 8th class. Its simple to find the square root of perfect square that is one which does not give a decimal square root. But there are others that are not perfect squares. These are surds.
Square roots of perfect squares can be found easily by factorization. But such a method cannot be used for finding square root of surds. We can find the root of 4 or 144 with the help of factorization but we need the help of long division method to find square root of surds (for example root of 2, 3, 5 etc.).
The method of doing square root can be learnt by visiting https://www.math-only-math.com/square-root-of-numbers-that-are-not-perfect-squares.html
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Let √(19+6√2) = √a + √ b
Squaring both sides
{√(19+6√2)}^2 = (√a + √ b)^2
19 +6√2 = a+b +2√ab
19 +2√(3x3x2) = a+b +2√ab
Equating rational and irrational parts we get a+b = 19 and ab = 18
By intuition a= 18 and b = 1
So, √(19+6√2) = √18 + √ 1 = 3√2 + 1
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