1. You need to multiply the denominator by something that will make the content of the radical be a square—so that when you take the square root, you get something rational. Easiest and best is to multiply by √6. Of course, you must multiply the numerator by the same thing. Then simplify.
2. Identify the squares under the radical and remove them.
Answer:
68 plants.
Step-by-step explanation:
Let x represent the number of plants that Reuben bought from the nursery.
We have been given that Reuben bought a whole bunch of plants at the nursery the other day. Right away, five died. So number of plant left would be .
We are also told that then our dog dug up 2/9 of them. So number of plants left after dug-up would be .
Further a rabbit came and ate ½ of what was left. So number of plants left would be .
Since Reuben had only 7 plants left, so we will equate our expression with 7 and solve for x as:
Therefore, Reuben bought 68 plants at the nursery.