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Rationalize the denominator: 1/cube root(a)

 Sep 25, 2014

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 Sep 26, 2014
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To remove the radical from the denominator, multiply both the numerator and the denominator by a value that makes the denominator whole.

If the denominator is cube root(a) multiply the numerator and denominator by cube root(a²).

The numerator becomes the cube root(a²) while the denominator becomes the cube root(a³), which is just a.

So the answer is: cube root(a²) / a.

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