DIVISION OF

RADICALS
CREATED BY: ORLANDO ASTO
DIVISION The Quotient of the nth root of a
number divided by the nth root of
OF another number is equal to the nth
root of the quotient of those
RADICALS numbers.

In symbols,

𝑛
𝑎 𝑛 𝑎
𝑛 = , b ≠ 0.
𝑏 𝑏
DIVIDE AS INDICATED AND SIMPLIFY THE RESULT WHENEVER
POSSIBLE. ASSUME THAT THE VARIABLES ARE POSITIVE.

1 6÷ 3 7 128 ÷ 32
TEST
2 4÷ 5 8 7 21 ÷ 7 YOURSELF
3 24 ÷ 6 9 8𝑎3 ÷ 2𝑎
3 3
4 20 ÷ 5 10 250𝑥 5 ÷ 2𝑥 2
3 3
5 75 ÷ 3 11 40x ÷ 5𝑥
3 3
6 6 15 ÷ 2 5 12 32𝑥 5 ÷ 4𝑥 2
 3
16𝑚3 ÷ 2𝑥 2
TEST
13

YOURSELF 14 14𝑥 3 y ÷ 7𝑥𝑦

3 3
15 32𝑥 7 ÷ 4𝑥 2
3 3
16 40𝑥 5 ÷ 5𝑥 2

17 15 75 ÷ 5 3
3 3
18 54 ÷ 2

19 3 3
16 ÷ 2
 6 32
20 25 7𝑥𝑦 ÷ 14𝑥 3 𝑦
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3
TEST
3 4
21
2 2
3 YOURSELF
3
4 2
22
3
3 4
4
6 3
23 4
5 243
5
3 2
24 5
5 32
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