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document.write( "a)  What is the conjugate of the expression  \"sqrt%283%29+%2B+sqrt%285%29\" ? \r\n" );
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document.write( "                Conjugate of the expression  \"sqrt%283%29+%2B+sqrt%285%29\"  is  \"sqrt%283%29+-+sqrt%285%29\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "b)  Multiply  \"sqrt%283%29+%2B+sqrt%285%29\"  by its conjugate from part a.\r\n" );
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document.write( "              \"%28sqrt%283%29+%2B+sqrt%285%29%29%2A%28sqrt%283%29+-+sqrt%285%29%29\" = \r\n" );
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document.write( "                        use the formula  (a+b)(a-b) = \"a%5E2+-+b%5E2\" \r\n" );
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document.write( "           =  \"%28sqrt%283%29%29%5E2+-+%28sqrt%285%29%29%5E2\" = 3 - 5 = -2.\r\n" );
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document.write( "c)  Rationalize the denominator as shown in Section 8.5 for the following rational expression :\r\n" );
document.write( "	(2√(5-1))/(√(3 )+√5)\r\n" );
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document.write( "           I can not read your formula adequately, since it was written carelessly . . . \r\n" );
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document.write( "           Use parentheses properly.\r\n" );
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