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Simplify by rationalizing the denominator.

Given,


Need to simplify by rationalizing denominator


To rationalize the denominator of we must multiply the number with its denominator as follows


can be written as


×


=


we know the denominator is in the form of a2–b2 = (a+b)(a–b)


=


=


Hence, is simplified by rationalizing denominator as


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