Focuses on the process of eliminating surds from the denominator of a fraction.
What students will learn
- Define the term rationalization in the context of surds.
- Identify the conjugate of binomial surd expressions.
- Apply the difference of two squares to eliminate surds from denominators.
- Simplify fractions with surd denominators by multiplying by the conjugate.
- Solve complex problems involving rationalization for WAEC and NECO examination standards.
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