SOLUTION: dividing radicals (5√12) / (4√6)

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Question 271925: dividing radicals
(5√12) / (4√6)
Answer by jsmallt9(3758) About Me  (Show Source):
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The easy way to simplify this is to use the property of radicals, root%28a%2C+p%29%2Froot%28a%2C+q%29+=+root%28a%2C+p%2Fq%29, to combine the two square roots into one. We do this because 12 divides by 6 very nicely: