SOLUTION: Can someone help me with this? Hope you can understand the problem I am trying to type hate radical expressions! Rationalize the denominator: 8+sqrtx --------- 5-sqrtx

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Question 809789: Can someone help me with this? Hope you can understand the problem I am trying to type hate radical expressions!
Rationalize the denominator:

8+sqrtx
---------
5-sqrtx
Answer by Alan3354(69443) About Me  (Show Source):
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Rationalize the denominator:

8+sqrtx
---------
5-sqrtx
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%288%2Bsqrt%28x%29%29%2F%285-sqrt%28x%29%29
Multiply NUM and DEN the the conjugate of the DEN, 5%2Bsqrt%28x%29
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