0
$\begingroup$

Lets say I have this: $ 2\dfrac{2}{3}\sqrt{2\dfrac{2}{3}}$ and I want to make this more simple, are my following steps correct?

$ 2\dfrac{2}{3}\sqrt{2\dfrac{2}{3}} = 2\dfrac{2}{3}\sqrt{\dfrac{24}{9}}$ = $2\dfrac{2}{3} . \dfrac{1}{3} . 2\sqrt{6} = \dfrac{16}{9} \sqrt{6}$

  • 1
    Looks good to me, provided that $2{2\over3}$ means two-and-two-thirds, and not two-times-two thirds.2012-10-13
  • 0
    Thank you, it indeed means two-and-two-thirds2012-10-13

2 Answers 2

1

$$2\frac{2}{3}\sqrt{2\frac{2}{3}}=\frac{8}{3}\sqrt{\frac{8}{3}}=\frac{16}{3}\sqrt{\frac{2}{3}}=\frac{16}{9}\sqrt{6}$$

0

The second step is wrong, since $2 \cdot 2 \cdot 3 = 12$, not $24$. I think you should note that $\sqrt{2 \cdot 2} = 2$.

  • 0
    I don't understand what you mean..2012-10-13
  • 0
    I mean, what is in the root is actually $\frac{4}{3}$, and you know that the root of a quotient is the quotient of the roots. Then, the only thing you gotta do is rationalise the result.2012-10-13
  • 1
    What busman means is that $2\cdot \frac{2}{3}$ is $\frac{12}{9}$. But as pointed out above, $2\frac{2}{3}$ in this case means $2+\frac{2}{3} = \frac{8}{3} = \frac{24}{9}$2012-10-13
  • 0
    I've never seen this notation before!2012-10-13
  • 0
    It's pretty common fraction arithmetic notation before students learn basic algebra, at least in my country.2012-10-13