Tap the blue circles to see an explanation.
$$ \begin{aligned}\frac{-1}{\sqrt{3}}& \xlongequal{ }-\frac{1}{\sqrt{3}} \xlongequal{ } \\[1 em] & \xlongequal{ \color{blue}{ \text{\normalsize{ \htmlClass{explanationCircle explanationCircle1}{\textcircled {1}} } }}}- \, \frac{ 1 }{\sqrt{ 3 }} \times \frac{ \color{orangered}{\sqrt{ 3 }} }{ \color{orangered}{\sqrt{ 3 }}} \xlongequal{ } \\[1 em] & \xlongequal{ \color{blue}{ \text{\normalsize{ \htmlClass{explanationCircle explanationCircle2}{\textcircled {2}} } }}}-\frac{1\sqrt{3}}{3} \xlongequal{ } \\[1 em] & \xlongequal{ }-\frac{\sqrt{3}}{3}\end{aligned} $$ | |
① | Multiply both top and bottom by $ \color{orangered}{ \sqrt{ 3 }}$. |
② | In denominator we have $ \sqrt{ 3 } \cdot \sqrt{ 3 } = 3 $. |