How do you simplify sqrt(50)/sqrt(5)?

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Renata Z.
May 1, 2018

sqrt(10)

Explanation:

sqrt(50)/sqrt(5) = sqrt(5*10)/sqrt(5) = sqrt(5)*sqrt(10)/sqrt(5) = sqrt(10)

Jim G.
May 1, 2018

sqrt10

Explanation:

"using the "color(blue)"laws of radicals"

•color(white)(x)sqrta/sqrtbhArrsqrt(a/b)

rArrsqrt50/sqrt5=sqrt(50/5)=sqrt10larrcolor(blue)"in simplest form"

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