Question

How do you simplify `sqrt(48/8)`?

Answer 1

`sqrt(48/8)=sqrt(6)`

Explanation:

We start simply by factoring the numerator and denominator noting that 6 8's are 48:

`sqrt(48/8)=sqrt((6*color(red)cancel(color(black)8))/(color(red)cancel(color(black)8)))=sqrt(6)`

Since 6 has only 2 and 3 as factors, this is as far as we can go.