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? asked in Education & ReferenceHomework Help · 9 years ago

how do I simplify 3/sqrt11?

3/(root)11

I know my math teacher explained it i just can't remember!!! Need by tomorrow!!!

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  • 9 years ago
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    You can't have a square root on the denominator, so times the expression by (root) 11/(root) 11 (you can do this because anything divided by that same thing is 1)

    3root11/11

    3 (root) 11/11

  • ?
    Lv 7
    9 years ago

    Multiply both the numberator and denominator by the square root of 11. You need to simplify this because it's "illegal" in math to have a radical (square root) in the denominator of a fraction.

    This will leave you with (3(sqrt)11)/11

  • 9 years ago

    ok so no sqrt in the denominator

    so u must multiply both the numerator and the denominator by the sqrt of 11

    so the numerator is 3sqrt11 and the denominator is sqrt of 121

    the sqrt of 121 is just 11 so tht eliminates the sqrt in the denominator.

    so the answer is 3 times sqrt of 11 over 11

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