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Printjmc
algebra senior
Problem
Completely simplify and rationalize the denominator:
Solution
To begin, we can combine all of these square roots into a single square root: Now, simplify under the square root by canceling common factors. To start, 160 and 108 are both divisible by 4. 252 and 160 also share a factor of 4. This leaves us with: Looking carefully, we can see that 63 and 245 both share a factor of 7. Cancel this, and simplify:
Final answer
\frac{5\sqrt{42}}{27}