How do you rationalize and simplify $5 / ( sqrt 14 - 2 )$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2015-03-30T18:34:34

You have to multiply numerator and denominator by: $sqrt14+2$ , so:

$5/(sqrt14-2)*(sqrt14+2)/(sqrt14+2)=(5(sqrt14+2))/(14-4)=$

$=(5(sqrt14+2))/10=(sqrt14+2)/2$ .

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