Eric Nicholas K's answer to Kuro's Secondary 3 A Maths Singapore question.

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Eric Nicholas K
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We introduce the conjugate of the denominator so that the resultant denominator is a non-surd. We also introduce the same expression in the numerator to maintain equality.