SOLUTION: whats the square root of 3y over x

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Question 39938This question is from textbook alegbra 1
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We have to rationalize the denominator of sqrt(3y/x) by multiplying by sqrt(x) over itself...thus we get
sqrt(3y/x) * sqrt(x)/sqrt(x) =
sqrt(3y)/sqrt(x) * sqrt(x)/sqrt(x) =
sqrt(3xy) / x