To rationalize a monomial denominator, multiply the numerator and denominator by a radical that will eliminate the radical in the denominator.
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To rationalize a monomial denominator, we multiply the numerator and denominator by a radical that will eliminate the radical in the denominator. Because the denominator is a square root, we need to multiply it by a square root that will give us a perfect square under the radical.
