How do you simplify $sqrt(1/5 )$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2018-03-21T21:10:52

final answer will be: $(sqrt(5))/5$

$sqrt(1/5)$ = $(sqrt(1))/(sqrt(5))$

* $sqrt(1)$ = $1$

$(sqrt(1))/(sqrt(5))$ = $1/(sqrt(5))$

*can't have radical in denominator so multiply to get rid of it

$(1/(sqrt(5)))*((sqrt(5))/(sqrt(5)))$

= $(sqrt(5))/(sqrt(5))^2$

= $(sqrt(5))/5$

^final answer

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