Question 147024
 am in need of some help in rationalizing the denominator
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√[3] + √[5]
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{{{5/(sqrt(3)+sqrt(5))}}}
:
Multiply equation by the conjugate of the denominator over itself (=1)
{{{5/(sqrt(3)+sqrt(5))}}} * {{{(sqrt(3)-sqrt(5))/(sqrt(3)-sqrt(5))}}} = {{{(5(sqrt(3)-sqrt(5)))/(3 - 5)}}} = {{{(5(sqrt(3)-sqrt(5)))/(-2)}}}