SOLUTION: Why don't you divide by a radical???
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Question 23706: Why don't you divide by a radical???
Answer by longjonsilver(2297) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
well, 12/5 is ok...it is 2.4
but ? We could do it, but remember is an INFINITE number, that never ends. Hence, we would have to approximate it to sat 10 decimal places and divide by that. It is usually better and simpler to rationalise the denominator, leaving the root on the numerator.
Jon.
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