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which of the following is equivalent to the fraction below after rationalizing the denominator and simplifying?

which of the following is equivalent to the fraction below after rationalizing the-example-1
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Given the expression:


\frac{10}{\sqrt[]{2}}

we can rationalize it by multiplying by sqrt(2)/sqrt(2) to get the following:


\frac{10}{\sqrt[]{2}}\cdot\frac{\sqrt[]{2}}{\sqrt[]{2}}=\frac{10\cdot\sqrt[]{2}}{2}

simplifying, we get:


\frac{10\cdot\sqrt[]{2}}{2}=5\cdot\sqrt[]{2}

therefore, the equivalent expression is 5*sqrt(2)

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