document.write( "Question 33613: Rationalize the denominator.\r
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Algebra.Com's Answer #20060 by kietra(57)\"\" \"About 
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When you rationalize the denominator, you are basically manipulating the expression so there is no square root in the denominator. Lets rewrite the problem to the following:
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\n" ); document.write( "\"sqrt+%2825p%5E7%29\" = \"5p%5E3%28sqrt%28p%29%29\"
\n" ); document.write( "So \"5p%5E3%28sqrt%28p%29%29%2Fsqrt%28r%29\"
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\n" ); document.write( "\"%285p%5E3%2Asqrt%28pr%29%29%2Fsqrt%28r%5E2%29\"
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