3 over root3

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January 16th 2010, 11:39 AM
andyboy179

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3 over root3

would Attachment 14858= Attachment 14857
January 16th 2010, 11:46 AM
masters

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Originally Posted by andyboy179

would Attachment 14858= Attachment 14857

Hi andyboy,

This is correct. And to simplify...

$\frac{3}{\sqrt{3}}=\frac{3\sqrt{3}}{3}=\sqrt{3}$
January 16th 2010, 12:30 PM
Archie Meade

The reason is

$\frac{3}{\sqrt{3}}=\frac{3}{\sqrt{3}}\ \frac{\sqrt{3}}{\sqrt{3}}$

since any non-zero number divided by itself is 1,
and multiplying by 1 does not change a value, just it's form.

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