How do you simplify $3 sqrt (1/8)$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2018-03-23T21:03:04

$1/2$

Both $1 and 8$ are perfect cubes, so can find the cube root of the whole fraction.

$root3(1/8)$

$= (root3(1))/(root3(2^3))$

$=1/2$

Answer 2 · 2018-03-23T21:03:11

$1/2$

$root(3)(1/8)=root(3)(1)/root(3)(8)=1/2$

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