SOLUTION: Hi! I am trying to solve this question for my homework, but I am having trouble. The equation is the square root of 5/16. My computer doesn't have a square root button. I have figu

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Question 934035: Hi! I am trying to solve this question for my homework, but I am having trouble. The equation is the square root of 5/16. My computer doesn't have a square root button. I have figured out that 5/16 equals .3125, but i am not sure if I am on the right track. Please help me out. Thanks!
Found 2 solutions by Techpriest, MathTherapy:
Answer by Techpriest(29)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Your computer does have a square root format, but the keyboard doesn't. In order to compensate, the keyboard designer had made it that pressing ALT + 251 with the numbers in the function keys known as number locks.
This produces √
Now to solve your problem:

Since the square root of 16 is divisible by 4, you do not have to multiply the conjugate.

This is the final solution possible without using a calculator. Otherwise...
... and so on.
You're not on the right track however as square root and division are exactly the same.
Answer by MathTherapy(10551)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

Hi! I am trying to solve this question for my homework, but I am having trouble. The equation is the square root of 5/16. My computer doesn't have a square root button. I have figured out that 5/16 equals .3125, but i am not sure if I am on the right track. Please help me out. Thanks!


You're on the right track!!

You now need to compute the square root of , which is: . 

However, you didn't have to compute  first. You could've easily used a calculator to calculate ,

which would give you the same result.  

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