math help please :(

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math help please :(

anonymous · Answer

$$\sqrt{\frac{17}{17}-\frac{9}{17}}$$

this?

anonymous · Answer

no sorry thats not the equation its

anonymous · Answer

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anonymous · Answer

crap I can draw it either its not letting me

anonymous · Answer

$$17\sqrt{17}-9 12 \sqrt{17}$$
???
please be a bit more specific

anonymous · Answer

ya thats the equation and I have to simplify it

anonymous · Answer

wait 912?

are you sure thats right? its kind of a large number

anonymous · Answer

no -9 and then square root sign between

anonymous · Answer

by the way thank you for trying to help me I appreciate it

anonymous · Answer

$$17\sqrt{17}-9\sqrt{12}\sqrt{17}$$
this?

anonymous · Answer

sigh
soooo$$17\sqrt[2]{17}-9\sqrt[2]{17}$$

anonymous · Answer

no power of 2 but yes thats right without the 2's though

anonymous · Answer

$$17 \sqrt{17}-9\sqrt{17}$$

anonymous · Answer

SAME THING

anonymous · Answer

anyways, are you familiar with factoring or distributive property of multiplication or adding like terms?

anonymous · Answer

sorta

anonymous · Answer

ok, look at both terms, 
notice that they're both multiplied by sqrt(17)

this means you can factor it out

$$17\sqrt{17}-9\sqrt{17}= \sqrt{17} (17-9)$$

anonymous · Answer

oh okay I get that

anonymous · Answer

ok well then
the only thing left is 17-9

anonymous · Answer

right so the answer is 8

anonymous · Answer

17-9 is 8
but 8 alone isnt the final answer

anonymous · Answer

8/0?

anonymous · Answer

oops i mean 8/17

anonymous · Answer

assuming that slash means sqrt sign

then yes

normally "/" means divided by

anonymous · Answer

haha ya it does thank you for your help :)