Surds - The basic part 3

Rationalizing the denominator  --> Simply means, NO surds in the denominator!

So how?

Type 1: Only a single surd term in the denominator

Examples of those with a single surd term in the denominator are

So how to rationalize them? Simple  -> multiply both the numerator and denominator by the surd you see in the denominator.

Type 2: Two terms in the denominator, with at least one of them being a surd.

So how to rationalize them? See example below: