simplify by taking roots of the numerator & denominator

√64/y^2

To simplify the expression √64/y^2 by taking the roots of the numerator and denominator, we can take the square root of the numerator and the denominator separately.

Step 1: Take the square root of the numerator:
√64 = √(8^2) = 8

Step 2: Take the square root of the denominator:
√y^2 = √(y * y) = y

Now, we can rewrite the expression as:
8/y