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Simplify the rational expression by rationalizing the denominator. √12/√8x

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To simplify;


\begin{gathered} \frac{\sqrt[]{12}}{\sqrt[]{8x}} \\ \text{Multiply both numerator and denominator by the denominator} \\ \text{You'll now have,} \\ \frac{\sqrt[]{12}}{\sqrt[]{8x}}*\frac{\sqrt[]{8x}}{\sqrt[]{8x}} \\ =\frac{\sqrt[]{12*8x}}{8x} \\ =\frac{\sqrt[]{96x}}{8x} \\ =\frac{\sqrt[]{16*6x}}{8x} \\ =\frac{4\sqrt[]{6x}}{8x} \\ =\frac{\sqrt[]{6x}}{2x} \end{gathered}

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