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by **dwhite8625** on Wed May 18, 2011 1:36 am

having trouble with simplifying
[L]/([L/v])^2
i am trying to remove the square in the denominator

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by **stapel_eliz** on Wed May 18, 2011 10:54 am

dwhite8625 wrote:having trouble with simplifying
[L]/([L/v])^2
i am trying to remove the square in the denominator

What do you mean by "removing" the square? Are you maybe trying to "simplify" by removing the parentheses? :confused:

by **jcol2026** on Fri May 20, 2011 2:23 pm

here it is
1st remember that 2/5 is the same as 2*(1/5)
so [L]/([L/v])^2 becomes [L]*([v/L])^2

= (Lv^2)/L^2

= v^2/L

hope this helps

simplifying [L]/([L/v])^2 (trying to remove the square)