How do you simplify $sqrt108/sqrt3$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2017-01-15T12:34:15

$sqrt(108)/sqrt(3) = 6$

Use the identity:

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

(which holds for any $a, b > 0$ )

So:

$sqrt(108)/sqrt(3) = sqrt(108/3) = sqrt(36) = sqrt(6^2) = 6$

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