Multiply radical expression?
In trigonometry, we must often find the ratio of the lengths of two sides of right triangles. A certain right triangle has sides of length listed below. Find the ratio of the smallest side to the largest side. Write the result as a fraction in simplified radical form.
3, 5, and √34
what do i do first? how do i tackle this beast? please help. thanks!
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as ratio is of smaller to largest
3/sqrt(34)
we can rationalize it by dividing and multiplying by sqrt(34)
3/sqrt(34) * sqrt (34)/sqrt (34)
=3sqrt(34)/34