document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=166893>Question 166893</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> 3 &#8730;13/3\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Simplify: 3 ( square root of 13 over 3)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "This is the same question. Just wasnt sure about the best way to present it. </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #122945 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=MRperkins><B>MRperkins(300)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-09.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=MRperkins><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=MRperkins><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=122945\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=%28%283%29sqrt%2813%29%29%2F3 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"%28%283%29sqrt%2813%29%29%2F3\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "the 3 in the numerator (top number) reduces with the 3 in the denominator and you are left with <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=%281%2Asqrt%2813%29%29%2F1 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"%281%2Asqrt%2813%29%29%2F1\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > or simply <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=sqrt%2813%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"sqrt%2813%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
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document.write( "If the problem reads <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=3sqrt%2813%2F3%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"3sqrt%2813%2F3%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > then you will get a different answer.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "in this case you will rewrite the fraction as the sqrt of the numerator over the sqrt of the denominator.  So it would look like this: <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=%283sqrt%2813%29%29%2F%28sqrt%283%29%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"%283sqrt%2813%29%29%2F%28sqrt%283%29%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
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document.write( "now you have 3 to the 1st power on the top and 3 to the 1/2 power on the bottom.  These reduce to 3 to the 1/2 power on top and 3 to the 0 power(which is 1) on the bottom.  now you can rewrite 3 to the 1/2 power as a sqrt. The formula now looks like this:  <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=sqrt%283%29%2Asqrt%2813%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"sqrt%283%29%2Asqrt%2813%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "you can multiply these to get <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=sqrt%283%2A13%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"sqrt%283%2A13%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >.  Since you can not pull any factors out then you should combine the terms and get:  <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=sqrt%2839%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"sqrt%2839%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > <BR>\n" );
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document.write( "look at both examples to make sure you see the differences.  Then pick the example that matches your problem.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I hope this helps!<BR>\n" );
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