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How to simplify the square root of 3 over the square root of 21

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answer: √3⋅√21 = 3√7

User Nijogeorgep
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3 * 7 = 21, so


√(21)=√(3\cdot7)=\sqrt3\sqrt7

Then


(\sqrt3)/(√(21))=\frac1{\sqrt7}

and you can rationalize the denominator to write this as


\frac1{\sqrt7}\cdot(\sqrt7)/(\sqrt7)=\frac{\sqrt7}7

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