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rationalize numerator of quotient

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• Subject: [mg81125] rationalize numerator of quotient
• From: Murray Eisenberg <murray at math.umass.edu>
• Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2007 06:27:39 -0400 (EDT)
• Organization: Mathematics & Statistics, Univ. of Mass./Amherst
• Reply-to: murray at math.umass.edu

I have a quotient such as:

   (Sqrt[x] - 2)/(x-4)

I want to "rationalize the numerator" by multiplying numerator and 
denominator each by Sqrt[x] + 2 so as to obtain result:

   1/(Sqrt[x]+2)

How?

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