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OpenStudy (anonymous):

Help! Rationalize the denominator and simplify

OpenStudy (anonymous):

OpenStudy (anonymous):

multiply and divide the denominator and then simply solve it

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Rationalize , means get reed off sqrt in denominator. Can you think of any way how to do that?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

do you multiply the bottom to both top and bottom? if that makes sense?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

yes, but think well what to multiply it to

OpenStudy (anonymous):

I dont understand

OpenStudy (anonymous):

i explane: notice that if we muliply (a+b)(a-b)=a^2+ab-ab-b^2=a^2-b^2 You see that ab terms canceled out, right?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

kinda

OpenStudy (anonymous):

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