document.write( "Question 99749: I am not sure what I am doing wrong could someone please help me??? Simplify
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Algebra.Com's Answer #72631 by Earlsdon(6294) $\"\"$ $\"About$

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Simplify: You don't want to see the square root in the denominator.
\n" ); document.write( " $\"sqrt%281%2F5%29\"$ Rewrite as:
\n" ); document.write( " $\"%28sqrt%281%29%29%2Fsqrt%285%29\"$ Multiply top & bottom by $\"sqrt%285%29\"$ to rationalise the denominator.
\n" ); document.write( " $\"%28sqrt%281%29%29%28sqrt%285%29%29%2F%28sqrt%285%29%29%28sqrt%285%29%29\"$ Simplify.
\n" ); document.write( " $\"sqrt%285%29%2F5\"$ \n" ); document.write( "

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