document.write( "Question 317291: Write in simplified radical form by rationalizing the denominator.
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\"%282sqrt%283%29%2B4%29%2F%28-2sqrt%283%29%2B5%29\"
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document.write( "Put parentheses around the numeratior and denominator:\r\n" );
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document.write( "\"%28%282sqrt%283%29%2B4%29%29%2F%28%28-2sqrt%283%29%2B5%29%29\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "Form the conjugate of the denominator by changing the\r\n" );
document.write( "sign of the second term, that is, \"%28-2sqrt%283%29-5%29\", put it over\r\n" );
document.write( "itself, \"%28%28-2sqrt%283%29-5%29%29%2F%28%28-2sqrt%283%29-5%29%29\", which has value 1.\r\n" );
document.write( "So we may multiply it by the original without changing the value\r\n" );
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document.write( "\"%28%282sqrt%283%29%2B4%29%29%2F%28%28-2sqrt%283%29%2B5%29%29\"\"%22%D7%22\"\"%28%28-2sqrt%283%29-5%29%29%2F%28%28-2sqrt%283%29-5%29%29\"\"%22=%22\"\"%22=%22\"\"%22=%22\"\"-12-18sqrt%283%29-20%29%2F%2812-25%29\"\"%22=%22\"\"%28-32-18sqrt%283%29%29%2F%28-13%29\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "That's what you got but you can simplify it by multiplying by \"%28-1%29%2F%28-1%29\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "\"%28-1%29%2F%28-1%29\"\"%22%D7%22\"\"%28%28-32-18sqrt%283%29%29%29%2F%28%28-13%29%29\"\"%22=%22\"\"%2832%2B18sqrt%283%29%29%2F13\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "Edwin
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