SOLUTION: How do you simplify square root 10 over square root 4? do you multiply both terms by sqaure root 4 and get sqaure root 40 and then the bottom sqaure root 16? then how do you simpli

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Question 303317: How do you simplify square root 10 over square root 4? do you multiply both terms by sqaure root 4 and get sqaure root 40 and then the bottom sqaure root 16? then how do you simplify it?
Found 2 solutions by user_dude2008, Fombitz:
Answer by user_dude2008(1862) About Me  (Show Source):
Answer by Fombitz(32388) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Yes, you can do it that way.

sqrt%2810%29%2Fsqrt%284%29=sqrt%2840%29%2Fsqrt%2816%29
sqrt%2810%29%2Fsqrt%284%29=sqrt%284%2A10%29%2F4
sqrt%2810%29%2Fsqrt%284%29=%282%2Asqrt%2810%29%29%2F4
sqrt%2810%29%2Fsqrt%284%29=sqrt%2810%29%2F2
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or you could just do,
sqrt%2810%29%2Fsqrt%284%29=sqrt%2810%29%2F2
Same result but fewer steps.