Question 430181
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Hi

The 'conjugate' of (&#8730;x + 1) is (&#8730;x - 1).

When we multiply a conjugate pair, the  radical vanishes and we obtain a rational number.
  (&#8730;x + 1)(&#8730;x - 1) = x-1
This is commonly done to remove the radical in the denominator of an expression