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Question
Rationalize the denominator.
`1/sqrt5`
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Solution
`1/sqrt5 = 1/sqrt5 xx sqrt 5/ sqrt 5 ...["multiply numerator and denominator by" sqrt5]`
`= sqrt 5/5`
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