Is This correct?

Question

Simplify: (3 + √24)/(6√8)

(A) (3√2 + 4√3)/(24)

(B) (1 + √3)/(2)

(C) (3 + 8√3)/(6)

(D) (-15)/(36√2 - 48√3)

(E) None of these

For this I got; (A) (3√2 + 4√3)/(24). Is this correct?

Answer 1

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Answer 2

Well, A is a possible answer but I am not sure that it is significantly simpler!

If you rationalize the denominator (i.e. multiply numerator and denominator by sqrt(2), you get A.