Algebra 2 Common Core

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Chapter 6 - Radical Functions and Rational Exponents - 6-2 Multiplying and Dividing Radical Expressions - Practice and Problem-Solving Exercises - Page 371: 49

Answer

$\dfrac{\sqrt{15y}}{5y}$

Work Step by Step

Multiplying the numerator and the denominator by an expression equal to $1$ which will make the denominator a perfect power of the index, the given expression, $ \dfrac{\sqrt{3xy^2}}{\sqrt{5xy^3}} ,$ is equivalent to \begin{align*} & =\dfrac{\sqrt{3xy^2}}{\sqrt{5xy^3}}\cdot\dfrac{\sqrt{5xy}}{\sqrt{5xy}} \\\\&= \dfrac{\sqrt{3xy^2(5xy)}}{\sqrt{5^2x^2y^4}} \\\\&= \dfrac{\sqrt{15x^2y^3}}{\sqrt{(5xy^2)^2}} \\\\&= \dfrac{\sqrt{15x^2y^3}}{5xy^2} .\end{align*} Extracting the factors that are perfect powers of the index, the expression above is equivalent to \begin{align*}\require{cancel} & =\dfrac{\sqrt{x^2y^2\cdot15y}}{5xy^2} \\\\&= \dfrac{\sqrt{(xy)^2\cdot15y}}{5xy^2} \\\\&= \dfrac{xy\sqrt{15y}}{5xy^2} \\\\&= \dfrac{\cancel x\cancel y\sqrt{15y}}{5\cancel x\cancel {y^2}y} \\\\&= \dfrac{\sqrt{15y}}{5y} .\end{align*} Hence, the rationalized-denominator form of the given expression is $ \dfrac{\sqrt{15y}}{5y} $.
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