How do you simplify $18 / sqrt3$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2016-06-24T12:35:15

$6sqrt(3)$

Multiply by 1 but in the form of $1=sqrt(3)/sqrt(3)$

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$18/sqrt(3)xxsqrt(3)/sqrt(3)$

$(cancel(18)^6xxsqrt(3))/(cancel(3)^1)" "=" "6sqrt(3)$

How do you simplify 18 / sqrt318 / sqrt3?