Thinking Mathematically (6th Edition)

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Chapter 5 - Number Theory and the Real Number System - 5.4 The Irrational Numbers - Exercise Set 5.4 - Page 299: 96

Answer

$\textbf{does not make sense}$ Rationalizing the denominator makes the denominator a rational number.

Work Step by Step

The statement $\textbf{does not make sense}$ because when a denominator is rationalized, then the denominator becomes a rational number because the radical gets eliminated.
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