To rationalize a denominator that has more than one term, you multiply the fraction by b/b, where B is the conjugate of the numerator. True or false?

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Aydin

24 April, 07:48

To rationalize a denominator that has more than one term, you multiply the fraction by b/b, where B is the conjugate of the numerator. True or false?

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Carmen · Answer 1

Rationalizing is the method of simplifying a rational number by taking out radical signs in the denominator. IN this case, to convert an irrational number to a rational number, we multiply the denominator by its conjugate given the denominator has more than one term. The answer therefore is true.