Please open Daily Quiz 34.
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Last two weeks of class:
• Today: (Monday, 12/2)
• Daily Quiz 34 on HW 39 due today on Section 10.1
• Hand back/review Quiz 9
• Lecture on Section 7.1/2 (Rational exponents)
• Tuesday –Thursday this week:
• Daily Quizzes on HW due each day (DQ 35, 36, 37)
• Lectures on last 3 new sections (10.3&4, 11.2, 11.5)
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NEXT WEEK: Monday, 12/9:
• Practice Weekly Quiz 10 due at start of class
• 10-15 minutes of Q&A and review
• 25-point Weekly Quiz 10 on all sections since Test 3
• Tuesday –Thursday next week:
• Review lectures on Units 1-3 (Tests 1-3)
• Review HW on each unit, worth double points (8 pts each)
Math 110 Final Exam:
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Comprehensive – covers the whole semester
Worth 200 points (20% of course grade)
45 questions
Test period is one hour and 50 minutes
Practice Final will be worth 10 points and also has 45 questions
and unlimited tries.
• Your best score on the practice final will also earn up to 20 extra
credit points on the final. (more details next week)
Make sure you know the
day and time of the final exam
for this section of Math 110:
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• All Math 110 finals will be given in your regular
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sections.)
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•Average class score after partial credit: __________
•Commonly missed questions: #_________________
Grade Scale
Grade
A
A-
B+
B
B-
C+
C
C-
F
Points
≥ 920 ≥ 890 ≥ 860
≥ 830
≥ 800
≥ 750
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% Score
≥ 92
≥ 83
≥ 80
≥ 75
≥ 70
≥ 89
≥ 86
≥ 67
< 67
If you got less than 75% on this quiz, make sure to go over your
test with me or a TA sometime in the next few days. This material
will be covered on the next weekly quiz, and it will also be covered
again on the final exam.
Section 10.2
Radicals and Rational Exponents
Definition of a rational exponent in
terms of a radical:
If n is a positive integer greater than 1 and
a is a real number, then
a
1/ n

n
a
Why does this definition make sense?
Recall that a cube root is defined so that
3
a  b only if b  a
3
However, if we let b = a1/3, then
b  (a
3
1/ 3
) a
3
1 / 3 3
a a
1
Since both values of b give us the same a,
a
1/ 3

3
a
Example
Use radical notation to write the following.
Simplify if possible.
81
1/ 4
32 x 
10 1 / 5

4

5
81 
32 x
4
10
3 3
4

5
5
2 x
10
 2x
2
We can expand our use of rational exponents
to include fractions of the type m/n, where
m and n are both integers, n is positive, and
a is a positive number,
a
m/n

n
a
m

 a
n
m
Example
Use radical notation to write the following.
Simplify if possible.
8
4/3

 8
3
4

2
3
3
4

 2 4

16
Problem from today’s homework:
64
Now to complete our definitions, we want to
include negative rational exponents.
If a-m/n is a nonzero real number,
a
m / n
1

a
m/n
Example
Use radical notation to write the following.
Simplify if possible.
64
 16
2 / 3
5 / 4

1
64
 
2/3
1
16
5/4


3
 
1

2
64

2
4
4
3
1
4
1
5
 
What if the previous problem was
2
3
1
2
5
1

4
 
(  16 )
2

1
16
1
32
5 / 4
?
The answer would be “N” (not a real number) because you’d be trying to take an
even root of a negative number.
All the properties that we have previously
derived for integer exponents hold for rational
number exponents, as well.
We can use these properties to simplify
expressions with rational exponents.
Example
Use properties of exponents to simplify the
following. Write results with only positive
exponents.
32
a
1/ 4
a
a
1/ 5
x
1 / 2
2/3

2/3 3
 a
 32
3/5
x 
1 / 4  1 / 2   2 / 3 
2
 a
 2  x
5
5
3
2
 23  x 2  8 x 2
 3 / 12   6 / 12   8 / 12 
What would this answer look like in radical form?
 a
 11 / 12
1

a
𝟏
𝟏𝟐
𝒂𝟏𝟏
11 / 12
Problem from today’s homework:
Final answer: -b
Hint: The exponent will be 2/5 + 1/5 – (-2/5).
Then simplify the fraction.
Example
Use rational exponents to write as a single
radical.
3
5 2  5
1/ 3
2
1/ 2
 5
2/6
2
3/6

 5 2
2

3 1/ 6

6
200
Problem from today’s homework:
Final answer:
20
y
19
Hints: Start by writing each radical as a rational (fraction) exponent,
then add the fractions by finding a common denominator.
For your final step, convert back into radical form.
REMINDER:
The assignment on today’s material (HW 40) is due at
the start of the next class session.
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