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document.write( "A. Form the \"conjugate surd\" of the denominator:\r\n" );
document.write( "1. Copy it over.\r\n" );
document.write( "2. Change the sign of the second term only.\r\n" );
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document.write( "So the conjugate surd of denominator  is \r\n" );
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document.write( "B. Put the conjugate surd over itself, forming a fraction which has numerical value 1.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Putting the conjugate over itself:\r\n" );
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document.write( "C.  Multiply the original fraction by this one. This is permissible \r\n" );
document.write( "because it only amounts to multiplying by 1.\r\n" );
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document.write( "D. Form into one fraction by indicating the multiplication of the numerators\r\n" );
document.write( "and the denominators:\r\n" );
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document.write( "E. Use FOIL and/or distributive law to multiply out the top and bottom:\r\n" );
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document.write( "Here we use FOIL for both:\r\n" );
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document.write( "Squaring square roots takes away the radical:\r\n" );
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document.write( "The two middle terms in the bottom cancel out:\r\n" );
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document.write( "Make into 4 fractions:\r\n" );
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document.write( "Simplify the signs:\r\n" );
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document.write( "You might want to rearrange it so that it begins with a positive term:\r\n" );
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