Saturday, 30 March 2013

algebra precalculus - Why is fracsqrt32sqrt14D=frac4sqrt7D7D and not 2sqrt8?



I am asked to simplify 3214D and am provided with the solution 47D7D.




(Side question, in the solution why can't 7D and 7D cancel out since one is in he denominator so if multiplying out would it not be 7D7D=0?)



I gave this question a try but arrived at 28. Here's my working:



(multiply out the radicals in the denominator)



3214D =



3214D14D14D =




3214D14D =



(Use product rule to split out 32 in numerator)



4814D14D =



2814D14D =



Then, using my presumably flawed logic in my side question above I cancelled out 14D to arrive at 28




Where did I go wrong and how can I arrive at 47D7D?


Answer



Hint: Multiplying numerator and denomninator by 14D we get 3214D14D and this is equal b4227D14D and this is equal to 47D7D for D0
32=216=42 and 14=27


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