document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=135825>Question 135825</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> hey i am taking algebra 1b this semester and i am having trouble understanding my homework. at the top of my worksheet it says simplifying radical expressions.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "all my problems are fractions. i do not have a square root button so i'll try my best to explain one of the problems by typing \"square root sign\" since i have no square root sign. thankyou for your support and if this is to hard to understand without the square root button i understand.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "\"square root sign\"75/\"square root sign\"3\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "this is a fraction of 75/3 with the square root sign over each number. </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #99517 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=solver91311><B>solver91311(24713)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=solver91311><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=solver91311><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=99517\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> So your problem looks like this:  <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=sqrt%2875%29%2Fsqrt%283%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"sqrt%2875%29%2Fsqrt%283%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The reason that this assignment is called simplifying radical expressions is that the square root sign is called a radical.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Quotient of two radicals rule:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=root%28n%2Ca%29%2Froot%28n%2Cb%29=root%28n%2Ca%2Fb%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"root%28n%2Ca%29%2Froot%28n%2Cb%29=root%28n%2Ca%2Fb%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > so long as when n is even, <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=a%3E=0 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"a%3E=0\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > and <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=b%3E0 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"b%3E0\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > or when n is odd <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=b%3C%3E0 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"b%3C%3E0\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Since n is understood to be 2 when not specified, let's check our numbers:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=75%3E=0 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"75%3E=0\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >: True<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=3%3E0 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"3%3E0\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >: True\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "That means we can apply the rule, so:\r<BR>\n" );
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