Question

radical 35/36

Answer 1

I am unclear about what you are asking. Are you asking to turn that number into a radical?

Answer 2

.9860132972?

Answer 3

no i have to simplify it

Answer 4

simplify 35/36?

Answer 5

oh

Answer 6

yes

Answer 7

or simplify:
\[\sqrt{\frac{35}{36}}\]?

Answer 8

yes that

Answer 9

ahhh ok lol, well do you know of this property:
\[\sqrt{\frac{a}{b}}=\frac{\sqrt{a}}{\sqrt{b}}\]

Answer 10

yes but my teacher is really bad and just gave us that formula. so i dont get how to fully simplify that. She marked them all wrong when i just did that

Answer 11

ahh so you probably just wrote this right:
\[\frac{\sqrt{35}}{\sqrt{36}}\] as your answer. Is that correct?

Answer 12

yes

Answer 13

Yes unfortunately your teacher is right, it's not fully simplified...Now do you know what the square root of 36 is?

Answer 14

6

Answer 15

yes so can't we simplify your answer down to:
\[\frac{\sqrt{35}}{6}\]?

Answer 16

Does that make sense?

Answer 17

no

Answer 18

well we know that \[\sqrt{36} = 6\] right?

Answer 19

so shouldn't \[\frac{\sqrt{35}}{\sqrt{36}}=\frac{\sqrt{35}}{6}\] since \[\sqrt{36}=6\] see how I just replaced the sqrt of 36 with the 6 since they are equal?

Answer 20

yes thanks

Answer 21

yes but before you go you need to check the numerator to see if it can be simplified. If you "can't" square root it. You need to check it's prime factors to see if you can actually simplify it down.