need help with sqrt [18] - sqrt [3] / sqrt [6]

Jodene222

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sqrt [18] - sqrt [3] / sqrt [6]

next i restated it

3 sqrt[3]/sqrt[6] - sqrt[3]/sqrt[6]
I'm not sure what to do next
 
it seems that you have this math problem:

\(\displaystyle \L \;\sqrt{18}\,-\,\frac{\sqrt{3}}{\sqrt{6}}\)

Before we get like denominators, let's break this down some.

When doing problems like these, you should first simplify.
The square root of 18 is \(\displaystyle \sqrt{9}\cdot\sqrt{2}=3\sqrt{2}\)
almost \(\displaystyle 3\sqrt{3}\).

So now we have: \(\displaystyle 3\sqrt{2}\,-\,\frac{\sqrt{3}}{\sqrt{6}}\)

We may also simplify the right fraction like this:

\(\displaystyle \frac{\sqrt{3}}{\sqrt{6}}=\frac{\sqrt{3}}{\sqrt{3}\cdot\sqrt{2}}\)

The \(\displaystyle \sqrt{3}\)s cancel, giving us: \(\displaystyle \frac{1}{\sqrt{2}\)

Now we have: \(\displaystyle 3\sqrt{2}\,-\,\frac{1}{\sqrt{2}}\)

We need the like denominator \(\displaystyle \sqrt{2}\).

So just multiply the \(\displaystyle 3\sqrt{2}\) by \(\displaystyle \frac{\sqrt{2}}{\sqrt{2}}\), simplify, and then rationalize the denominator.
 
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