Algebra 2 Companion Book, Volume 1

1.1.3 Square Roots (continued) Example 3 Rationalizing the Denominator

A fraction that has a square root in the denominator is not simplified. To simplify the fraction, rationalize the denominator by multiplying by another fraction that is equivalent to 1, that produces a perfect-square radicand in the denominator.

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