Monday, May 6, 2013

How to rationalize the denominator of the fraction (3*sqrt 2 - sqrt 6)/(4*sqrt 2 + sqrt 6)

To rationalize the denominator, we'll have to multiply
both the numerator and denominator by the conjugate of the
denominator:


(3sqrt2 - sqrt6)(4sqrt2 - sqrt6)/(4sqrt2 +
sqrt6)(4sqrt2 - sqrt6)


The product of denominator returns a
difference of two squares:


(3sqrt2 - sqrt6)(4sqrt2 -
sqrt6)/(4^2*2 - 6)


We'll remove the brackets from the
numerator:


(12*2 - 3sqrt12 - 4sqrt12 +
6)/(32-6)


We'll combine like terms inside
brackets:


(30 -
7*2sqrt3)/26


(30-14sqrt3)/26 = 2(15 -
7sqrt3)/26


2(15 - 7sqrt3)/26 = (15 -
7sqrt3)/13


The rationalized fraction is (15 -
7sqrt3)/13.

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