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OpenStudy (anonymous):

How do we rationalize the following denominator?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

\[\sqrt{2}+\sqrt{3}/\sqrt{5}-\sqrt{6}\]

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Tell you what you do, use the conjugate

OpenStudy (anonymous):

multiply top and bottom by :\[\sqrt{5}+\sqrt{6}\]

OpenStudy (anonymous):

making it \[\sqrt{2}+\sqrt{3}*\sqrt{5}-\sqrt{6}\] Correct?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

\[(\sqrt{2}+\sqrt{3})*(\sqrt{5}+\sqrt{6})\]

OpenStudy (anonymous):

ok and then what do I do?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

multiply that out

OpenStudy (anonymous):

so the \[\sqrt{5}*\sqrt{9}\]

OpenStudy (anonymous):

is that correct? or??

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