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To rationalize the below,


\frac{5}{\sqrt[]{3}}

You'll multiply both the numerator and denominator by the denominator to eliminate the square root sign,

Rationalizing the denominator,


=\frac{5}{\sqrt[]{3}}*\frac{\sqrt[]{3}}{\sqrt[]{3}}=\frac{5*\sqrt[]{3}}{\sqrt[]{3}*\sqrt[]{3}}=\frac{5\sqrt[]{3}}{3}

To be written in the form below,


\begin{gathered} (A)/(B)=\frac{5\sqrt[]{3}}{3} \\ A=5\sqrt[]{3} \\ B=3 \end{gathered}

Hence, A and B are deduced below.

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