How would i simplify fully the following expression?
$\dfrac{{\sqrt 2}({x^3})}{\sqrt{\frac {32}{x^2}}}$
So far i have got this
$\dfrac{{\sqrt 2}{x^3}}{{\frac{\sqrt 32}{\sqrt x^2}}}$ = $\dfrac{{\sqrt 2}{x^3}}{{\frac{4\sqrt 2}{x}}}$
Am not quite sure if this is correct however, could someone help explain how i would simplify this expression?
Answer
There is a mistake in the OP. Recall that $\sqrt{x^2}=|x|\ne x$ when $x<0$. To simplify, we can write
$$\frac{\sqrt 2 x^3}{\sqrt{\frac{32}x}}=\frac{\sqrt 2 x^3}{\frac{4\sqrt 2}{|x|}}=\frac{x^3|x|}{4}$$
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