preform the indicated operation. Be sure to rationalize the denominator when necessary. make sure to simplify as much as possible and give the exacr answer.

5/3 square root of 5

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To simplify the expression \(\frac{5}{3 \sqrt{5}}\), we need to rationalize the denominator. To do this, we multiply the numerator and the denominator by \(\sqrt{5}\):

\[ \frac{5}{3 \sqrt{5}} \cdot \frac{\sqrt{5}}{\sqrt{5}} = \frac{5 \sqrt{5}}{3 \cdot 5} = \frac{5 \sqrt{5}}{15} \]

Now, we can simplify \(\frac{5 \sqrt{5}}{15}\):

\[ = \frac{\sqrt{5}}{3} \]

So, the exact simplified answer is:

\[ \frac{\sqrt{5}}{3} \]