Radical expressions that contain the sum and difference of the same two terms are called conjugates.
Conjugates are used to rationalize denominators, because the product of conjugates do not contain any radicals.
FOILing Simplifying Notice how multiplying conjugates gets rid of the radicals.
If you are given a rational number where the denominator contains a radical, simply multiply the numerator and denominator by the conjugate of the denominator in order to rationalize the denominator.
Rationalize the denominator of the expression:
By definition
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