21 is not a perfect square, and none of its factors (1, 3, 7, 21) are perfect squares either, so √21 is already simplified. The easiest way to compute an approximate value is using a calculator; if you are familiar with calculus, Newton's method works to find an approximation manually. Either way, it is approximately equal to 4.58258.
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The square root and square functions are inverse of one another EXCEPT that square root is not really a function: it is a 1-to-many mapping. So sqrt(square(21)) = sqrt(441) = ±21
4.6 is a better approximation to the square root of 21.
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(√(a))²=a The square root and the square cancel to leave just 49/21■
21 times the square root of 5.