Algebra 2 Common Core

Published by Prentice Hall
ISBN 10: 0133186024
ISBN 13: 978-0-13318-602-4

Chapter 6 - Radical Functions and Rational Exponents - 6-8 Graphing Radical Functions - Practice and Problem-Solving Exercises - Page 420: 67

Answer

$\dfrac{x\sqrt {3xy}}{{y}}$

Work Step by Step

To eliminate the radical in the denominator, we need to multiply both numerator and denominator by the denominator: $\dfrac{\sqrt {36x^3}}{\sqrt {12y}} \times \dfrac{\sqrt {12y}}{\sqrt {12y}}$ Multiply radicals in the numerator and denominator: $\dfrac{\sqrt {(36x^3)(12y)}}{({\sqrt {12y})(\sqrt {12y})}}$ Write each radicand as a product of squares so that we can take the square root of the squares and take them out from under the radical sign: $\dfrac{\sqrt {(6^2)(x^2)(x)(2^2)(3)(y)}}{{\sqrt {(12^2)(y^2)}}}$ We can now take out all the squares from under the radical sign: $\dfrac{(6)(2)(x)\sqrt {3xy}}{{12y}}$ Multiply the coefficients together to simplify: $\dfrac{12x\sqrt {3xy}}{{12y}}$ We can divide numerator and denominator by $12$ to simplify: $\dfrac{x\sqrt {3xy}}{{y}}$
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