SOLUTION: How to solve this type of problem:
Rationalize the denominators
square root of 5 over 8y^3
I tried to multiply by a conjugate, which I believe would just be 8y^3
And I just g
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Question 709471: How to solve this type of problem:
Rationalize the denominators
square root of 5 over 8y^3
I tried to multiply by a conjugate, which I believe would just be 8y^3
And I just got completely lost.
Found 2 solutions by stanbon, josmiceli:
Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Rationalize the denominators
square root of 5 over 8y^3
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sqrt[5/(8y^3)]
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Multiply numerator and denominator by sqrt(2y) to get:
= sqrt[10y/16y^4]
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= (1/4y^2)sqrt(10y)
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
You can multiply the top and bottom by
because, in the denominator,
, so you have
I'm not sure if this is what they want
you might want a 2nd opinion
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