SOLUTION: Rationalize the denominator. I am not quite sure what this means and I am not understanding what the book says. 4-sqrt3/6+sqrt4

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Question 171826This question is from textbook intro algebra
: Rationalize the denominator. I am not quite sure what this means and I am not understanding what the book says.
4-sqrt3/6+sqrt4 This question is from textbook intro algebra

Answer by Mathtut(3670) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
what they want is for you to get rid of the radical in the denominator which is the term on the bottom in division.
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%284-sqrt%283%29%29%2F%286%2Bsqrt%284%29%29 we know that the sqrt%284%29=2 so its pretty easy to rationalize this problem
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