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Let's look at the previous example again. We did this by rationalizing immediately. This time we'll simplify it first. 
We can divide both radicals by √4 Then we rationalize the √3 By simplifying first, we saved a few steps, and the numbers are smaller. Example 2: 
Sometimes reducing first makes the answer simple.Here we divided by √6. Example 3: 
Watch out for radicals that are perfect. Always do them first. Now let's look at expressions where the denominator contains radicals, but is a binomial. Move on to page three >>> |