105k views
4 votes
What is the conjugate of the fraction

What is the conjugate of the fraction-example-1
User Rckehoe
by
4.7k points

1 Answer

4 votes

Answer:

-10 +
√(17)

Explanation:

the importance of the conjugate is, when multiplied by the numerator and denominator, to remove the radical

for example, if you multiply (-10 -
√(17)) by (-10 +
√(17)) by using the foil method you get:

100 - 10
√(17) + 10
√(17) - 17

the two middle terms drop out and you are left with 83 in the denominator

User M Barzel
by
4.7k points