how do you divide surds

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Guest May 4, 2015

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You usually try to clear the surd from the denominator by multiplying numerator and denominator by that surd.

For example:

$$\frac{1}{\sqrt3}=\frac{\sqrt3}{\sqrt3 \times \sqrt3} = \frac{\sqrt3}{3}$$

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Alan May 4, 2015

Alan · Answer 1 · 2015-05-04T03:03:43

You usually try to clear the surd from the denominator by multiplying numerator and denominator by that surd.

For example:

$$\frac{1}{\sqrt3}=\frac{\sqrt3}{\sqrt3 \times \sqrt3} = \frac{\sqrt3}{3}$$

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