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The problem is the square root of 4 over ten. And I have it as the sg. rt. of 4 over the sg. rt. of 10. but im lost after that. Can some one please help?
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It is unclear from your wording as to what the problem is. If the problem is
(sq.root of 4)/10 , then since the sq. root of 4 is 2, then the answer is 2/10 which reduces to 1/5 (or 0.2 in decimal form). If, however, the problem is sq. root of (4/10), then you are correct in saying that is the sq.root of 4 divided by the sq. root of 10, which is 2/sq. root of 10, or 2/3.16, which equals 0.63. Also don't forget that the square root of a number can be either positive or negative, so the correct answer is +/- 0.2 if the problem is as stated in the first case, or +/- 0.63 if the problem is as stated in the second case. If indeed your problem is the 2nd case, another way to look at this is sq.rootof(4/10) equals sq. rootof(2/5) equals sq.root of 2/ sq. root of 5, and since it is standard practice not to have a radical in the denominator of a fraction, it is best to multiply your result by sq.root of 5 / sq. root of 5 (since you can always multiply a number by one and get the same result, noting that sq. root 5/sq. root 5 is one), then the answer is (sq. root 2)(sq. root 5)/5 which is (sq. root of 10)/5 , which also must work out numerically to +/- 0.63. If you need more help, please post again. [This message was edited by gerry on 03-02-04 at 07:15 PM.] |
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