Math Symbols

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I am helping an adult student upgrade in Math 10.  Her job is in an isolated area so we communicate through email. 

I cannot find the symbol for square root and it is really annoying having to type for example:  “the square root of 48” = “the square root of 16” x “the square root of 3” = “four square root 3.” 

Any help would be appreciated.  Thanks.

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hold ‘alt’ key down, type 251, release ‘alt’ key  it should look like this √

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Option V for Mac.

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In Word 2003 press Insert.  Its in the drop down symbols box  (about half way)

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Thanks for all this.  The person is returning home so it won’t be the problem.

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Rather than use a square root symbol I find it easier to use the power of notation:  9^(1/2) = 3  It lends itself easily to doing cubic roots and so on for example 27^(1/3) = 3.