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Help on simplifying radicals (square roots)

1) 4 / √32

2) 5 / √48

3) 3√5 / √25

4) 3√24 / √2


Please help me, I've ben stuck on these problems for days. Thank you very much in advance!

 Jul 29, 2014

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1) 4 / √32   ?

432=1632=1632=12=1222=22

 Jul 30, 2014
 #1
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1) 4 / sqrt(32) =

4 / sqrt(4*8) =

4 / [sqrt(4)*sqrt(8)]=

4 / [2*sqrt(8)] =

2/ sqrt(8) * [sqrt8/sqrt8] =

2sqrt8/8 =

sqrt8/4.

 

2) 5 / sqrt(48) = 

5 / sqrt(16*3) = 

5 / [sqrt(16)*sqrt(3)] =

5 / [4*sqrt(3)] =

5 / 4sqrt3 * [sqrt3 / sqrt3] =

5sqrt3 / 12.

 

3) 3sqrt5 / sqrt(25) =

3sqrt5 / 5.

 

4) 3sqrt24 / sqrt(2) =

3*sqrt(2)*sqrt(12) / sqrt(2) =

3sqrt(12).

 Jul 29, 2014
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4) 3√24 / √2   ?

 3242=3242=312=343=3423=323=63  

 Jul 30, 2014
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Best Answer

1) 4 / √32   ?

432=1632=1632=12=1222=22

heureka Jul 30, 2014

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