document.write( "Question 81042: Help! :-( I am having trouble solving this problem. It is a homework assignment due Tuesday! Thank you so very much!! Please show the steps on how to solve also. Thanks!! Rationalize the denominator:\r
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Help! :-( I am having trouble solving this problem. It is a homework assignment due Tuesday! Thank you so very much!! Please show the steps on how to solve also. Thanks!! Rationalize the denominator:
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document.write( "\"5%2F%28sqrt%286%29%2Bsqrt%285%29%29\"\r
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document.write( "Form the conjugate of the denominator,
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document.write( "The conjugate of a two-term expression
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document.write( "has the same first term, but the second
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document.write( "term has its sign changed.  So the
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document.write( "conjugate of \"sqrt%286%29%2Bsqrt%285%29\" is
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document.write( "\"sqrt%286%29-sqrt%285%29\". So put this over
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document.write( "itself like this \"%28sqrt%286%29-sqrt%285%29%29%2F%28sqrt%286%29-sqrt%285%29%29\"
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document.write( "which just equals to 1.  Now multiply the 
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document.write( "original expression by that:\r
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document.write( "\"5%2F%28sqrt%286%29%2Bsqrt%285%29%29\"\"%28sqrt%286%29-sqrt%285%29%29%2F%28sqrt%286%29-sqrt%285%29%29\"\r
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document.write( "Now put parentheses around every expression with two terms:\r
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document.write( "\"5%2F%28%28sqrt%286%29%2Bsqrt%285%29%29%29\"\"%28%28sqrt%286%29-sqrt%285%29%29%29%2F%28%28sqrt%286%29-sqrt%285%29%29%29\"\r
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document.write( "Put it all as just one fraction\r
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document.write( "Distribute out the top, and FOIL out the bottom:\r
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document.write( "Notice that \"sqrt%286%29%2Asqrt%286%29=6\", \"sqrt%285%29%2Asqrt%285%29=5\", \"sqrt%286%29%2Asqrt%285%29=sqrt%2830%29\", and \"sqrt%285%29%2Asqrt%286%29=sqrt%2830%29\"\r
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document.write( "\"+%285%2Asqrt%286%29+-+5%2Asqrt%285%29%29%2F%286-sqrt%2830%29%2Bsqrt%2830%29-5%29%29\"\r
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document.write( "The two radical terms in the bottom cancel out and we just have\r
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document.write( "\"+%285%2Asqrt%286%29+-+5%2Asqrt%285%29%29%2F%286-5%29%29\"\r
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document.write( "or just\r
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document.write( "\"+%285%2Asqrt%286%29+-+5%2Asqrt%285%29%29%2F1%29\"\r
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document.write( "or just\r
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document.write( "\"+5%2Asqrt%286%29+-+5%2Asqrt%285%29%29\"\r
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