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(4x)/(\sqrt(3x+11))

rationalize the denominator.

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times whole thing by
( √(3x+11) )/( √(3x+11) )
we get

(4 √(3x+11) )/(3x+11)
User Rovaughn
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so called "rationalizing" it, is just getting rid of the pesky radical at the bottom

so
\bf \cfrac{4x}{√(3x+11)}\cdot \cfrac{√(3x+11)}{√(3x+11)}\implies \cfrac{4x√(3x+11)}{(√(3x+11))^2}\iff \cfrac{4x√(3x+11)}{√((3x+11)^2)} \\\\\\ \cfrac{4x√(3x+11)}{3x+11}
User Ikaver
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