Thread: Simplifying surds

Hi,

Can these examples be simplified any futher or is there an easier way to write them?

a=5

e =

a/e =

ae =

Thanks, I find these really difficult

Originally Posted by cozza

Hi,

Can these examples be simplified any futher or is there an easier way to write them?

a=5

e =

a/e =

You can "rationalize the denominator": multiply both numerator and denominator to get

ae =

Thanks, I find these really difficult

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