SOLUTION: Tom showed the following work when he was asked to rationalize the denominator. Explain his
mistakes and then show the correct work and answer.
Rationalize: 3√𝑥 / √𝑥−
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Question 1204737: Tom showed the following work when he was asked to rationalize the denominator. Explain his
mistakes and then show the correct work and answer.
Rationalize: 3√𝑥 / √𝑥−2 → 3√𝑥 / √𝑥−2 ∗ √𝑥−2 / √𝑥−2 = 3𝑥−6√𝑥 / 𝑥+4
Found 2 solutions by MathLover1, josgarithmetic:
Answer by MathLover1(20849) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
→ ....this part was correct
= ...here Tom made mistake, he didn't multiply numerators nor denominators correctly
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Answer by josgarithmetic(39617) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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