How do you simplify $sqrt(5) / sqrt(6)$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2016-09-02T08:19:12

$sqrt30/6$

It is not good maths practice to have a radical in the denominator.

We can get rid of it by "rationalising the denominator".

Recall that: $(sqrtx)^2 = sqrt(x^2) = x$

$sqrt5/sqrt6 xx sqrt6/sqrt6 " "larr sqrt6/sqrt6=1$

= $sqrt30/6$

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