document.write( "Question 106266: 11/the square root of 3-5. I know that have to multiply by the oppisite which is the square root of 3+5 but I don't know what to do from there. \n" ); document.write( "
Algebra.Com's Answer #77314 by stanbon(75887)![]() ![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! 11/the square root of 3-5. I know that have to multiply by the oppisite which is the square root of 3+5 but I don't know what to do from there. \n" ); document.write( "---------- \n" ); document.write( "[11/sqrt(3)] -5\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Rationalize the denominator by multiplying num and denom by sqrt3 to get:\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "[11sqrt3/3] - 5\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "= [(11/3)sqrt3] - 5 \n" ); document.write( "==================== \n" ); document.write( "If you original problem is the following you do as follows: \n" ); document.write( "11/[sqrt(3)-5}\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Rationalize the denominator by multiplying num and denom by [sqrt3 + 5] to get:\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "[11(sqrt(3)+5]/[3-25]\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "= [11sqrt(3)+5]/(-22)\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "= [sqrt(3)+5]/(-2)\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "= (-1/2)(sqrt(3)+5)\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "========================== \n" ); document.write( "Cheers, \n" ); document.write( "Stan H. \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " |