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How are you supposed to keep a number in radical form if it is a whole over a square? Like 4/sqrt(2a)

 Nov 3, 2015
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How are you supposed to keep a number in radical form if it is a whole over a square? Like 4/sqrt(2a)

 

This is not 4 over a square.  It is 4 over a square root.  Did you want to rationalize the denominator?

 

\(\frac{4}{\sqrt{2a}}\\ =\frac{4}{\sqrt{2a}}\frac{\sqrt{2a}}{\sqrt{2a}}\\ =\frac{4\sqrt{2a}}{2a}\\ =\frac{2\sqrt{2a}}{a} \)

 Nov 3, 2015

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