SOLUTION: I am working with simplifying radicals, my problem says to write each expression in simplified radical form. When I work it out, I come up with square 2 as my answer, I am told it

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Question 321112: I am working with simplifying radicals, my problem says to write each expression in simplified radical form.
When I work it out, I come up with square 2 as my answer, I am told it should be 1/3, Please help me to understand what I am doing incorrectly. Here is the problem.
sqrt 2
________
sqrt 18

Answer by mananth(16946) About Me  (Show Source):
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sqrt2 / sqrt18
=sqrt2 / sqrt(2*3*3)
=sqrt2 / sqrt2*sqrt9
=sqrt2/ 3 sqrt2
=1/3