What is meant by rationalisation of a surd? Write the rationalising factor of $a \sqrt{x + y}$

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The process of multiplying a surd by another surd to get a rational number is called rationalisation of the given surd.

The rationalising factor of $a \sqrt{x + y}$ is $\sqrt{x + y}$ .

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