How do you simplify $(sqrt(20xy^17)) div( sqrt(5xy))$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2018-05-04T13:50:11

$2y^8$

Use of of the properties of radical signs:

$sqrta/sqrtb = sqrt(a/b)$

$sqrt(20xy^17) /sqrt(5xy) = sqrt((20xy^17)/(5xy))$

Now you can simplify:

$sqrt((20xy^17)/(5xy))$

$=sqrt(4y^16)$

$=2y^8$

How do you simplify (sqrt(20xy^17)) div( sqrt(5xy))(sqrt(20xy^17)) div( sqrt(5xy))?