document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=490260>Question 490260</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> I'm trying to understand how to simplify this fraction with radicals\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "square root of 540<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "3 square root of 5\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I know the answer is 2 square root of 3\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I have tried multiplying it by the denominator<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #333959 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Earlsdon><B>Earlsdon(6294)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Earlsdon><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/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=333959\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Simplify:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=%28sqrt%28540%29%29%2F%283%2Asqrt%285%29%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"%28sqrt%28540%29%29%2F%283%2Asqrt%285%29%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > Write 540 as 15*36<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=%28sqrt%2815%2A36%29%29%2F%283sqrt%285%29%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"%28sqrt%2815%2A36%29%29%2F%283sqrt%285%29%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > Now take the square root of 36 (that's 6) and move it outside of the radical.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=%286%2Asqrt%2815%29%29%2F%283%2Asqrt%285%29%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"%286%2Asqrt%2815%29%29%2F%283%2Asqrt%285%29%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > Cancel 3's and rewrite the square roots as:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=2%2Asqrt%2815%2F5%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"2%2Asqrt%2815%2F5%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > Now cancel the 5's to get:<BR>\n" );
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