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Simplify by rationalizing:
Hint:
Hint:
Rationalization is a technique which is used to eliminate the irrational number in the denominator. For example, can be rationalised as
The correct answer is: 47/2+21/2 √5 .
Let’s say x =
To rationalise the denominator, we can multiply to the numerator and denominator.
Final Answer:
Hence, the simplified value of is
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