Denise G. answered 09/19/19
Algebra, College Algebra, Prealgebra, Precalculus, GED, ASVAB Tutor
To rationalize the denominator, they should have multiplied by y2/y2 instead of y/y. By multiplying by y/y, they didn't change the fact that it could be simplified. If you multiplied by y2/y2, then you would have a perfect cube in the denominator that could be simplified to y.