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Rationalize the denominator:

313+1\dfrac{\sqrt{3} - 1}{\sqrt{3} + 1}.

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Rationalizing the denominator,

313+1×3131(31)2(3)2(1)2(3)2+(1)22×3×1313+1232(423)22(23)2(23)\Rightarrow \dfrac{\sqrt{3} - 1}{\sqrt{3} + 1} \times \dfrac{\sqrt{3} - 1}{\sqrt{3} - 1} \\[1em] \Rightarrow \dfrac{(\sqrt{3} - 1)^2}{(\sqrt{3})^2 - (1)^2} \\[1em] \Rightarrow \dfrac{(\sqrt{3})^2 + (1)^2 - 2 \times \sqrt{3} \times 1 }{3 - 1} \\[1em] \Rightarrow \dfrac{3 + 1 - 2\sqrt{3}}{2} \\[1em] \Rightarrow \dfrac{(4 - 2\sqrt{3})}{2} \\[1em] \Rightarrow \dfrac{2(2 - \sqrt{3})}{2} \\[1em] \Rightarrow (2 - \sqrt{3})

Hence, on rationalizing = 313+1=(23)\dfrac{\sqrt{3} - 1}{\sqrt{3} + 1} = (2 - \sqrt{3}).

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