On 3/6/2013 12:42 AM, Raymond Toy wrote:
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> On Wed, Mar 6, 2013 at 12:38 AM, Bill Wood <william.wood3 at comcast.net
> <mailto:william.wood3 at comcast.net>> wrote:
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> So I got this expression
> (45+3*sqrt(229))/(17+sqrt(229))
> that I want to rationalize. radcan did nothing, and I found that the
> simplifier was too smart for me -- when I tried multiplying by 1
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> It's not obvious, but this does it:
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> ratsimp((45+3*sqrt(229))/(17+sqrt(229))),algebraic;
> -> (sqrt(229)+13)/10
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> Ray
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Also,
algebraic:true;
rat(expression);