SOLUTION: square root 5 divided by square root 31 in simplified radical form i am having trouble converting to the simplified form of this problem

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Question 838038: square root 5 divided by square root 31 in simplified radical form
i am having trouble converting to the simplified form of this problem

Answer by josh_jordan(263) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
To convert sqrt%285%29%2Fsqrt%2831%29 to simplified radical form, multiply both the numerator and denominator by sqrt%2831%29 ----->

%28sqrt%285%29%2Asqrt%2831%29%29%2F%28sqrt%2831%29%2Asqrt%2831%29%29

This gives us

sqrt%28155%29%2F31

Since sqrt%28155%29 cannot be simplified further, our final answer is

sqrt%28155%29%2F31