<span><span>Find the GCD (or HCF) of numerator and denominator
GCD of 420 and 450 is 30</span><span>Divide both the numerator and denominator by the GCD
(420/30)/(450/30)</span><span>Reduced fraction: 14/15</span></span>
Equivalent fractions
Take the numbers to one side
Answer:
3
Step-by-step explanation:
Check the forward differences of the sequence.
If
, then let
be the sequence of first-order differences of
. That is, for n ≥ 1,

so that
.
Let
be the sequence of differences of
,

and we see that this is a constant sequence,
. In other words,
is an arithmetic sequence with common difference between terms of 2. That is,

and we can solve for
in terms of
:



and so on down to

We solve for
in the same way.

Then



and so on down to


Answer: To know whether a radical expression is in simplest form or not you should put the numbers and letters inside the radical in terms of prime factors. Then, the radical expression is in the simplest form if all the numbers and letters inside the radical are prime factors with a power less than the index of the radical
Explanation:
Any prime factor raised to a power greater than the index of the root can be simplified and any factor raised to a power less than the index of the root cannot be simplified
For example simplify the following radical in its simplest form:
![\sqrt[5]{3645 a^8b^7c^3}](https://tex.z-dn.net/?f=%20%5Csqrt%5B5%5D%7B3645%20a%5E8b%5E7c%5E3%7D%20)
1) Factor 3645 in its prime factors: 3645 = 3^6 * 5
2) Since the powr of 3 is 6, and 6 can be divided by the index of the root, 5, you can simplify in this way:
- 6 ÷ 5 = 1 with reminder 1, so 3^1 leaves the radical and 3^1 stays in the radical
3) since the factor 5 has power 1 it can not leave the radical
4) the power of a is 8, then:
8 ÷ 5 = 1 with reminder 3 => a^1 leaves the radical and a^3 stays inside the radical.
5) the power of b is 7, then:
7 ÷ 5 = 1 with reminder 2 => b^1 leaves the radical and b^2 stays inside the radical
6) the power of c is 3. Since 3 is less than 5 (the index of the radical) c^3 stays inside the radical.
7) the expression simplified to its simplest form is
![3ab \sqrt[5]{3.5.a^3b^2c^3}](https://tex.z-dn.net/?f=3ab%20%5Csqrt%5B5%5D%7B3.5.a%5E3b%5E2c%5E3%7D%20)
And you know
it cannot be further simplified because all the numbers and letters inside the radical are prime factors with a power less than the index of the radical.