Originally Posted by master of none
OK, so even though the books all say that square root of (x divided by y) is the same as square root of x divided by square root of y (as long as y isn't 0).
That's a remarkably basic error to appear in even one book. Does it *really* say that, even after you check for statements like "for now assume all variables represent positive quantities"?

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