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Rationalize the expression. Write it in simplest form.

9x/√-2x-11

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This appears to be just an expression we are simplifying, not an equation we are solving. I THINK you are saying that the expression looks like this:

(9x)/( √(-2x-11) )
If you rationalize the denominator, you would get this expression:

(9x)/( √(-2x-11) ) * ( √(-2x-11) )/( √(-2x-11) )
which, after simplifying, looks like this:

(9x √(-2x-11) )/(-2x-11)
and that's as simple as I can see that one getting. You can't factor anything out of the denominator to cancel with the numerator, so I think you're as simple as you can get there!
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