SOLUTION: Please someone help me to solve this radical and simplify the expression
6-20/2. 20 is under the radical sign and the entire 6-20 is over 2.
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6-20/2. 20 is under the radical sign and the entire 6-20 is over 2.
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Question 54577: Please someone help me to solve this radical and simplify the expression
6-20/2. 20 is under the radical sign and the entire 6-20 is over 2. Answer by ankor@dixie-net.com(22740) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Assume you mean:
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Find the largest square which is a factor of 20, it's 4, rewrite it:
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Extract the square root of 4 and you have:
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Note that you can divide the 2 into 2 and into 6, leaving you with
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