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Copyright © Cengage Learning. All rights reserved. Prerequisites Copyright © Cengage Learning. All rights reserved.

Copyright © Cengage Learning. All rights reserved. EXPONENTS AND RADICALS Copyright © Cengage Learning. All rights reserved.

What You Should Learn • Use properties of radicals. • Simplify and combine radicals.

Radicals and Their Properties

Radicals and Their Properties A square root of a number is one of its two equal factors. For example, 5 is a square root of 25 because 5 is one of the two equal factors of 25. In a similar way, a cube root of a number is one of its three equal factors, as in 125 = 53.

Radicals and Their Properties Some numbers have more than one nth root. For example, both 5 and –5 are square roots of 25. The principal square root of 25, written as , is the positive root, 5. The principal nth root of a number is defined as follows.

Radicals and Their Properties A common misunderstanding is that the square root sign implies both negative and positive roots. This is not correct. The square root sign implies only a positive root. When a negative root is needed, you must use the negative sign with the square root sign. Incorrect: Correct: and

Radicals and Their Properties Here are some generalizations about the nth roots of real numbers. Integers such as 1, 4, 9, 16, 25, and 36 are called perfect squares because they have integer square roots. Similarly, integers such as 1, 8, 27, 64, and 125 are called perfect cubes because they have integer cube roots.

Radicals and Their Properties A common special case of Property 6 is

Example 1 – Using Properties of Radicals Use the properties of radicals to simplify each expression. a. b. c. d. Solution:

Example 1 – Solution cont’d b. c. d.

Simplifying Radicals

Simplifying Radicals An expression involving radicals is in simplest form when the following conditions are satisfied. 1. All possible factors have been removed from the radical. 2. All fractions have radical-free denominators (accomplished by a process called rationalizing the denominator). 3. The index of the radical is reduced.

Simplifying Radicals To simplify a radical, factor the radicand into factors whose exponents are multiples of the index. The roots of these factors are written outside the radical, and the “leftover” factors make up the new radicand.

Example 2 – Simplifying Even Roots b. Perfect 4th power Leftover factor Perfect square Leftover factor Find largest square factor.

Example 2 – Simplifying Even Roots cont’d c. Find root of perfect square.

Simplifying Radicals Radical expressions can be combined (added or subtracted) if they are like radicals—that is, if they have the same index and radicand. For instance, and are like radicals, but and are unlike radicals. To determine whether two radicals can be combined, you should first simplify each radical.

Example 3 – Combining Radicals Find square factors. Find square roots and multiply by coefficients. Combine like terms. Simplify. Find cube factors. Find cube roots. Combine like terms.