document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=874543>Question 874543</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> I have done this chapter over completely 5 times now and still I am not getting the why of some of the things on radicals. I will send my questions in seperate emails but her is one problem (I'm teaching myself algebra so I have  no teacher to ask):<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Simplify:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "radical 48 over radical 18<BR>\n" );
document.write( "So I simplified by dividing by 6 which gave me radical 8 over radical 3<BR>\n" );
document.write( "then I broke down radical 8 into radical (2*4)and left the radical 3 as it is<BR>\n" );
document.write( "then I took the radical four and made it into a whole 2 with a radical 2 and placed it over the radical 3 as my answer.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "However my book says that is wrong. In the back where the answers are it says  when I got radical 8 over radical 3 I should have then multiplied radical 3 to both the numerator and denominator giving me radical 24 over the whole number 3<BR>\n" );
document.write( "then break 24 down into radical (4*6) over 3 which then would have given me 2 radical 6 over 3.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Why should I have done the multiplying at that stage instead of  breaking the 8 into radical (2*4)? </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #527575 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=richwmiller><B>richwmiller(17219)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=richwmiller><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=richwmiller><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=527575\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> You want to factor out squares like 4 9 16 36\r<BR>\n" );
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