McGraw Hill Glencoe Algebra 2, 2012
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5. Operations with Radical Expressions
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Exercise 4 Page 419

Usually before dividing the given radical expressions, we need to answer two questions.

  1. Can the expressions be divided?
  2. If so, do absolute value symbols need to be added to the answer?
However, here we can already see that the expressions can be divided, so let's focus on the second question. Firstly, let's notice that the radical can be split into two radicals, one in the numerator and one in the denominator.