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Standard Procedure for Simplifying Radical Fractions

A landscape architect is calculating tree spacing using a formula that reduces to the expression 4482\frac{4 - \sqrt{48}}{2}. After correctly simplifying the radical, the architect has the expression 4432\frac{4 - 4\sqrt{3}}{2}. According to the standard algebraic procedure, what specific step must be performed on the numerator before any terms can be canceled with the 2 in the denominator?

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