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document.write( "The denominator is .  Form the conjugate by\r\n" );
document.write( "changing the sign only the term that contains the letter\r\n" );
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document.write( "So the conjugate of  is \r\n" );
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document.write( "Now put that conjugate over itself:  \r\n" );
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document.write( "That just equals 1 because any number (other than 0) divided by\r\n" );
document.write( "itself is 1.  So we multiply the original problem by that:\r\n" );
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document.write( "Use FOIL on the top and the bottom:\r\n" );
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document.write( "Simplify:\r\n" );
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document.write( "Now use the fact that since , the \r\n" );
document.write( "So we replace  by \r\n" );
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document.write( "Make two fractions\r\n" );
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