SOLUTION: I have an algebra problem that is asking for the square root of 20/48....in the example they give the answer to be 0.6 which is rounded off....can you explain this to me?>
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Question 302075: I have an algebra problem that is asking for the square root of 20/48....in the example they give the answer to be 0.6 which is rounded off....can you explain this to me?> Answer by richwmiller(17219) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! First reduce 20/48
20/48=5*4/12*4=5/12
so now we have sqrt(5/12)
you can plug that into your calculator
sqrt(5/3*4)=sqrt(5/3)/2
plug that into your calculator.