SOLUTION: hey, I need help on rationalizing a denominator. the question is 5/root 10. I know I need to multiply both top and bottom my root 10. when I do that, i get 5 root 10/10. the

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Question 1062430: hey,
I need help on rationalizing a denominator.
the question is 5/root 10.
I know I need to multiply both top and bottom my root 10. when I do that, i get 5 root 10/10. the computer says it's wrong. can you help me?
Found 2 solutions by josmiceli, MathTherapy:
Answer by josmiceli(19441)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Everything you did was right, you just needed
another step



Divide top and bottom by

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If that's not the answer they give,
I'm stumped
Answer by MathTherapy(10555)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

hey,
I need help on rationalizing a denominator.
the question is 5/root 10.
I know I need to multiply both top and bottom my root 10. when I do that, i get 5 root 10/10. the computer says it's wrong. can you help me?
You're not done yet, since  can be reduced to:  

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