Why does
Sorry for the awkward title, hard to to sum a mathematical problem with words alone.
Having said that, I recently learned that the root of any value, x, and then that over value y, is identical to the root of , as in
For e.g, and I cannot logically deduce why. So far, I know that:
And somehow this being equal to:
√(5/7)
So it seems that we divided the numerator, √35 by √5 to give √7. However, 7/√7 is not √7! Yet, apparently it is?
So, a fraction is of course equal to itself if scaled up or down by the same amount, in that 10/2 is the same as 5/1, or 5. So scaling down √35 by √5 makes sense, as it only leaves √7, but it seems that the same cannot be said for the denominator, 7. 7/√7 = √7!? Yet, the two expressions really are the same, √35/7 and √(5/7).
Thanks for any help in advance.
P.S This works for any values, so it's no coincidence.