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 372: 68

Answer

$-\dfrac{\sqrt[]{33x}}{4x}$

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{3\sqrt[]{11x^3y}}{-2\sqrt[]{12x^4y}} ,$ is equivalent to \begin{align*}\require{cancel} & \dfrac{3\sqrt[]{11x^3y}}{-2\sqrt[]{12x^4y}}\cdot\dfrac{\sqrt[]{3y}}{\sqrt[]{3y}} \\\\&= \dfrac{3\sqrt[]{33x^3y^2}}{-2\sqrt[]{36x^4y^2}} \\\\&= \dfrac{3\sqrt[]{x^2y^2\cdot33x}}{-2\sqrt[]{(6x^2y)^2}} \\\\&= \dfrac{3\sqrt[]{(xy)^2\cdot33x}}{-2\sqrt[]{(6x^2y)^2}} \\\\&= \dfrac{3xy\sqrt[]{33x}}{-2(6x^2y)} \\\\&= \dfrac{\cancel3\cancel x\cancel y\sqrt[]{33x}}{-2(\cancel6^2x^\cancel2\cancel y)} \\\\&= \dfrac{\sqrt[]{33x}}{-2(2x)} \\\\&= -\dfrac{\sqrt[]{33x}}{4x} .\end{align*} Hence, the simplified form of the given expression is $ -\dfrac{\sqrt[]{33x}}{4x} $.
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