How can you write the expression with a ratio with a rationalized denominator 2+sqrt5/2-sqrt5

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Sariah Burnett

25 August, 02:52

How can you write the expression with a ratio with a rationalized denominator 2+sqrt5/2-sqrt5

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Alexandria Perry · Answer 1

Just multiply 2-sqrt5 by 2+sqrt5 (this is what rationalising the denominator means), the same goes for 2+sqrt5:

(2+sqrt5) (2+sqrt5) / (2-sqrt5) (2+sqrt5)

(4+5) / (2-5)

9/-3

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