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Section 2.6 Rationalizing Radicals
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I) Review: Multiplying a binomial with it’s conjugate will eliminate all the radicals When we have a fraction with a radical in the denominator, we want to rationalize it by multiplying both the top and bottom by the conjugate of the denominator © Copyright all rights reserved to Homework depot:
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Ex: Simplify the following by rationalizing the denominator
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Ex: Simplify the following by rationalizing the denominator
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Ex: Simplify and Rationalize
Rationalize each fraction separately Find the LCD so that you can add the fractions Combine the numerators (tops) when the bottom are the same © Copyright all rights reserved to Homework depot:
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