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Introduction to Conjugates that Rationalize Denominators

Author: Graham Pardun

What It Means to Rationalize the Denominator and How You Can Use the Conjugate of a Binomial to Do So

In this lesson, I'll show you what it means to rationalize the denominator of a radical rational expression, and how to do this when the denominator is a binomial expression (it has two terms), by multiplying by the conjugate of the binomial!