What is [tex]\frac{\sqrt{25 x^2 y^2}}{\sqrt{x y}}[/tex] in simplest form? Assume [tex]x \geq 0[/tex] and [tex]y[/tex].

A. [tex]5 \sqrt{x y}[/tex]
B. [tex]25 \sqrt{x y}[/tex]
C. [tex]\sqrt{5 x y}[/tex]
D. [tex]5 x y \sqrt{x y}[/tex]



Answer :

To simplify the expression [tex]\(\frac{\sqrt{25 x^2 y^2}}{\sqrt{x y}}\)[/tex], we will proceed step by step, making use of properties of square roots and simplifying the fractions where possible.

Step 1: Simplify the numerator.
The numerator is [tex]\(\sqrt{25 x^2 y^2}\)[/tex]. We can simplify this expression by recognizing that the square root of a product is the product of the square roots:
[tex]\[ \sqrt{25 x^2 y^2} = \sqrt{25} \cdot \sqrt{x^2} \cdot \sqrt{y^2}. \][/tex]

We know that:
[tex]\[ \sqrt{25} = 5, \quad \sqrt{x^2} = x \quad (\text{since } x \geq 0), \quad \text{and} \quad \sqrt{y^2} = y. \][/tex]

So the numerator becomes:
[tex]\[ 5 x y. \][/tex]

Step 2: Simplify the denominator.
The denominator is [tex]\(\sqrt{x y}\)[/tex]. There is no further simplification needed for this part as it is already in its simplest form.

Step 3: Divide the simplified numerator by the simplified denominator.
We now have:
[tex]\[ \frac{5 x y}{\sqrt{x y}}. \][/tex]

We can simplify this fraction by noting that [tex]\(\sqrt{x y}\)[/tex] is equivalent to [tex]\((x y)^{1/2}\)[/tex], and dividing powers of the same base involves subtracting the exponents. So we rewrite [tex]\(x y\)[/tex] as [tex]\( (x y)^{1/2}\cdot (x y)^{1/2}\)[/tex]:

[tex]\[ 5 x y \cdot \frac{1}{(x y)^{1/2}} = 5 (x y)^{1 - \frac{1}{2}} = 5 (x y)^{\frac{1}{2}}. \][/tex]

Since [tex]\((x y)^{\frac{1}{2}} = \sqrt{x y}\)[/tex], we can rewrite this as:
[tex]\[ 5 \sqrt{x y}. \][/tex]

Thus, the simplest form of [tex]\(\frac{\sqrt{25 x^2 y^2}}{\sqrt{x y}}\)[/tex] is:
[tex]\[ \boxed{5 \sqrt{x y}}. \][/tex]