simplify 5 squareroot(3)/3
5√3/3
as good as it gets!
nothing else can be done
i need it simplified to the nearest 10th
In that case, what you want is "evaluate" not simplified
Don't you have a calculator?
punch in :
√5
=
x
5÷3 =
to get appr .....
no i don't have a calculator that's why im asking what it is? can you please give me the answer. this is the last problem 2 my homework and i can't figure it out
5(1.7321)/3
= 8.6605/3
= 4.33025
= 4.3 to the nearest tenth
If you are online, there are oodles of online calculators. An easy one is google.com where you just type in your expression.
incidentally, Reiny, how did you get that final answer? I think you divided by 2, not 3.
To simplify the expression 5√3/3, we can start by rationalizing the denominator. Rationalizing the denominator means getting rid of any radical (square root) expressions in the denominator.
To rationalize the denominator, we can multiply both the numerator and denominator by the conjugate of the denominator. The conjugate of the denominator is found by changing the sign of the radical term.
So, for the expression 5√3/3, the conjugate of the denominator is -√3/3.
Multiplying the numerator and denominator by -√3/3, we get:
5√3/3 * -√3/3
To simplify, you can multiply the numerators together and the denominators together:
(5 * -√3) / (3 * 3)
Multiplying the numbers:
-5√3 / 9
Therefore, the simplified form of 5√3/3 is -5√3/9.