Square Root of Fractions

Square Root of Fractions

Introduction

Have you ever seen a fraction inside a square root symbol and wondered what it means? The square root of a fraction helps us find a number that, when multiplied by itself, equals that fraction. This idea is useful in g...

Imagine your father shows you a square carpet and says its area is 169/9 square yards. He then asks you to find the length of one side.

Since a square's area is found by multiplying a side by itself, you can write this as x² = 169/9, where x is the side length.

To find the value of x, you must undo the squaring by takin...