1. ## Square roots

Solve $\frac{3}{\sqrt{2}} \times (2\sqrt{3}-6\sqrt{3})$

First, I rationalize the first fraction and get $\frac{3\sqrt{2}}{2}$ and then multiply to get $\frac{-9\sqrt{6}}{2}$

Is this correct?

2. \begin{aligned}
\dfrac{3}{\sqrt{2}} \times (2\sqrt{3}-6\sqrt{3}) &= \dfrac{3}{\sqrt{2}} \cdot \dfrac{\sqrt{2}}{\sqrt{2}}(-4\sqrt{3}) \\
&= \dfrac{3\sqrt{2}}{2} \cdot (-4\sqrt{3}) \\
&= \dfrac{12\sqrt{6}}{2} \\
&= -6\sqrt{6}
\end{aligned}

EDIT: Miscopied the problem...

3. Originally Posted by sfspitfire23
Solve $\frac{3}{\sqrt{2}} \times (2\sqrt{3}-6\sqrt{3})$

First, I rationalize the first fraction and get $\frac{3\sqrt{2}}{2}$ and then multiply to get $\frac{-9\sqrt{6}}{2}$

Is this correct?

u have done this :

$\sqrt{2} \sqrt{3} = \sqrt{6}$

i hope u didn't

result should be :

$-6\sqrt{2}\sqrt{3}$

4. eumyang i think you did the wrong problem

5. Yeah, fixed it now.
Originally Posted by yeKciM
u have done this :

$\sqrt{2} \sqrt{3} = \sqrt{6}$

i hope u didn't
Why not? It's perfectly valid.

result should be :

$-6\sqrt{2}\sqrt{3}$
When I learned this, it's okay to leave it like this: $-6\sqrt{6}$ because there are no perfect square factors of 6.

6. Originally Posted by eumyang
Yeah, fixed it now.

Why not? It's perfectly valid.

When I learned this, it's okay to leave it like this: $-6\sqrt{6}$ because there are no perfect square factors of 6.

aaaaah sorry I was looking in something else ... sorry (for some reason i was going to addition)
lol here like 38+°C and I'm starting to act very very stupid