Question

How do you simplify 2/the square root of 5?

Answer 1

`2/sqrt(5)=(2sqrt(5))/5`

Explanation:

To rationalize the denominator of a fraction you can multiply both numerator and denominator by `sqrt(5)`

`2/sqrt(5)=(2sqrt(5))/(sqrt(5)sqrt(5))=(2sqrt(5))/5`