## anonymous 3 years ago math help please :(

1. anonymous

$\sqrt{\frac{17}{17}-\frac{9}{17}}$ this?

2. anonymous

no sorry thats not the equation its

3. anonymous

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4. anonymous

crap I can draw it either its not letting me

5. anonymous

$17\sqrt{17}-9 12 \sqrt{17}$ ??? please be a bit more specific

6. anonymous

ya thats the equation and I have to simplify it

7. anonymous

wait 912? are you sure thats right? its kind of a large number

8. anonymous

no -9 and then square root sign between

9. anonymous

by the way thank you for trying to help me I appreciate it

10. anonymous

$17\sqrt{17}-9\sqrt{12}\sqrt{17}$ this?

11. anonymous

sigh soooo$17\sqrt[2]{17}-9\sqrt[2]{17}$

12. anonymous

no power of 2 but yes thats right without the 2's though

13. anonymous

$17 \sqrt{17}-9\sqrt{17}$

14. anonymous

SAME THING

15. anonymous

anyways, are you familiar with factoring or distributive property of multiplication or adding like terms?

16. anonymous

sorta

17. anonymous

ok, look at both terms, notice that they're both multiplied by sqrt(17) this means you can factor it out $17\sqrt{17}-9\sqrt{17}= \sqrt{17} (17-9)$

18. anonymous

oh okay I get that

19. anonymous

ok well then the only thing left is 17-9

20. anonymous

right so the answer is 8

21. anonymous

17-9 is 8 but 8 alone isnt the final answer

22. anonymous

8/0?

23. anonymous

oops i mean 8/17

24. anonymous

assuming that slash means sqrt sign then yes normally "/" means divided by

25. anonymous

haha ya it does thank you for your help :)