document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=635435>Question 635435</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Rationalize the denominator. Assume that all expressions under radicals represent positive numbers.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "a&#8730;-&#8730;b over &#8730;a+&#8730;b </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "a&#8730;-&#8730;b over &#8730;a+&#8730;b<BR>\n" );
document.write( "I assume you meant to write it this way:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "&#8730;a-&#8730;b over &#8730;a+&#8730;b<BR>\n" );
document.write( "=(&#8730;a-&#8730;b)/(&#8730;a+&#8730;b)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "multiply top and bottom by (&#8730;a-&#8730;b) (conjugate of (&#8730;a+&#8730;b))<BR>\n" );
document.write( "=(&#8730;a-&#8730;b)^2/ (&#8730;a-&#8730;b)*(&#8730;a+&#8730;b)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "=(&#8730;a-&#8730;b)^2/ (a-b) </SPAN>\n" );
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