Question

How do you rationalize the denominator and simplify `sqrt(5/8)`?

Answer 1

I tried this:

Explanation:

Let us write it as:
`sqrt(5)/sqrt(8)`
multiply and divide by `sqrt(8)`
`sqrt(5)/sqrt(8)*sqrt(8)/sqrt(8)=(sqrt(5)sqrt(8))/8=sqrt(40)/8=(sqrt(4*10))/8=2sqrt(10)/8=sqrt(10)/4`