A.9 Day 2 nth Roots_Rational Exponents_Radical Equations 2010
September 22, 2010
A.9 DAY 2
n th Roots
Rational Exponents
Radical Equations
Objectives:
Work with n th Roots
Simplify Radicals
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Warm‐up
List the squares and cubes of the numbers 1‐10.
Follow this format.
12 = 22 = 32 = 42 = 52 = 62 = 72 = 82 = 92 = 102 = 13 = 23 = 33 = 43 = 53 = 63 = 73 = 83 = 93 = 103 =
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Roots
A radical sign is used to indicate a root.
The index gives the degree of the root.
The number under the radical sign is the radicand.
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Roots
Every positive real number has two square roots,
one positive and one negative.
For example: The two square roots of 49 are 7 and ‐7.
The positive square root is also known as the
principal square root
and is denoted with a radical sign: √49 = 7.
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Even Roots
n
√an = |a| if n is even and n ≥ 2.
Simplify each expression.
1. √25
2. √81
3.
√-100
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Roots
Every real number has exactly one cube root.
For example:
3
√8 = 2
AND
3
‐8 = ‐2
√
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Odd Roots
√an = a if n is odd and n ≥ 3.
n
Simplify each expression.
1. ∛27
2. ∛-8
16
3. ∛­ 125
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Simplifying Radicals
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Example: Simplify each expression. Assume that all variables are positive. a. √72x3
b. ∛80n5
c. √50x4
d. ∛18x4
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Example: Multiply. Simplify if possible.
a. √2 √8
b. ∛­5 ∛25
c. √-2 √8
d. √3 √12
e. ∛3 ∛­9
f. ∜4 ∜­4
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Example: Multiply and simplify. Assume that all variables are positive.
a. ∛54x y ∛5x y
2 3
3 4
b.
3√7x3 2√21x3y2
∛270x5y7 ∛27x3y6 10x2y 3xy2∛10x2y
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Example: September 22, 2010
Divide and simplify. Assume that all varaibles are positive.
a. ∛32 32
= 3
=
∛­4 ­4 ∛­8 = ­2 √
b. ∛162x5 162x5 = 3
= ∛54x3 = ∛27x3(2) = 3x∛2
2
2
∛3x 3x √
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Like radicals are radical expressions that have the same index and the same radicand. We can add and subtract like radicals.
Add or subtract if possible.
a. 5∛x - 3∛x
b. 4√2 + 5√3
d. 7∜5 - 2∛5
c. 2√7 + 3√7
e. 4√xy + 5√xy
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Simplifying Before Adding or Subtracting
a.
6√18 + 4√8 - 3√72
b.
√50 + 3√32 - 5√18
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You can multiply radical expressions that are in the form of binomials by using FOIL.
Simplify each expression by multiplying.
b. (√2 - √3)2
a. (3 + 2√5)(2 + 4√5)
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Homework:
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