SOLUTION: Please help me simplify this: 5 plus 8 radical 11 over 1 minus radical 11

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Question 80410: Please help me simplify this: 5 plus 8 radical 11 over 1 minus radical 11
Answer by Earlsdon(6294) About Me  (Show Source):
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Simplify:
%285%2B8sqrt%2811%29%29%2F%281-sqrt%2811%29%29 Multiply the numerator and the denominator by the conjugate of1-sqrt%2811%29 and this is1%2Bsqrt%2811%29
=%2893%2B13sqrt%2811%29%29%2F-10