Finite Math and Applied Calculus (6th Edition)

Published by Brooks Cole
ISBN 10: 1133607705
ISBN 13: 978-1-13360-770-0

Chapter 0 - Section 0.2 - Exponents and Radicals - Exercises - Page 16: 64

Answer

$\displaystyle \frac{2\sqrt{a^{2}+b^{2}}}{c}$

Work Step by Step

Simplify the radicand by finding as many squared factors as possible: $4=2^{2}$ $\displaystyle \frac{1}{c^{2}}=(\frac{1}{c})^{2}$ $\sqrt{\dfrac{4(x^{2}+y^{2})}{c^{2}}}=\sqrt{2^{2}(\frac{1}{c})^{2}(a^{2}+b^{2})}$ ... Radical of a product: $=\sqrt{2^{2}}\cdot\sqrt{(\frac{1}{c})^{2}}\cdot\sqrt{a^{2}+b^{2}}$ ... for even n, $\sqrt[n]{x^{n}}=|x|$, ... there is no formula to simplify the last factor, $=|2|\displaystyle \cdot|\frac{1}{c}|\cdot\sqrt{a^{2}+b^{2}}$ ... c is positive, so $|\displaystyle \frac{1}{c}|=\frac{1}{c}$ $=\displaystyle \frac{2\sqrt{a^{2}+b^{2}}}{c}$
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