Perform the operations and simplify

(\sqrt(6x^(3)))/(\sqrt(3x))-:\sqrt(8x^(2))

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To perform the operations and simplify the expression \(\frac{\sqrt{6x^3}}{\sqrt{3x}} \div \sqrt{8x^2}\), we can start by rewriting the division as multiplication by the reciprocal:

\[ \frac{\sqrt{6x^3}}{\sqrt{3x}} \div \sqrt{8x^2} = \frac{\sqrt{6x^3}}{\sqrt{3x}} \cdot \frac{1}{\sqrt{8x^2}} = \frac{\sqrt{6x^3}}{\sqrt{3x} \cdot \sqrt{8x^2}}. \]

Next, we can simplify the denominator:

\[ \sqrt{3x} \cdot \sqrt{8x^2} = \sqrt{3 \cdot 8 \cdot x \cdot x^2} = \sqrt{24x^3}. \]

Now we rewrite the expression:

\[ \frac{\sqrt{6x^3}}{\sqrt{24x^3}}. \]

Using the property of square roots \(\frac{\sqrt{a}}{\sqrt{b}} = \sqrt{\frac{a}{b}}\):

\[ \frac{\sqrt{6x^3}}{\sqrt{24x^3}} = \sqrt{\frac{6x^3}{24x^3}}. \]

Simplifying the fraction inside the square root:

\[ \frac{6x^3}{24x^3} = \frac{6}{24} = \frac{1}{4}. \]

The \(x^3\) terms in the numerator and denominator cancel out:

\[ \sqrt{\frac{1}{4}} = \frac{1}{2}. \]

Thus, the final simplified result is:

\[ \frac{1}{2}. \]