Can this be reduced?
- Thread starter Centurion
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According to me, no more useful reduction can be carried out.
Different instructor may have different opinion, however.
Assuming that THIS is what you mean:
[sqrt(6) / 4] - 1
You could write 1 as 4/4:
[sqrt(6) / 4 ] - (4/4)
and combine the two fractions by subtracting the numerators, and putting the result over the common denominator:
[sqrt(6) - 4] / 4
SOME might consider that a single fraction is "simpler" than the originally posted expression. I'm not convinced that it is, but for those who feel that way, this would be a simpler expression than what you started with.
