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Day 1: Simplifying Radicals Unit 5: Radicals Day 1: Simplifying Radicals
What do exponents mean?? 62 = Radical are the inverse operation of exponents
Notation Radical sign Index Radicand
How to simply Radicals Prime Factorize the radicand Circle sets of # in the index Cross and Toss them in front of the radical Simplify the leftovers
Let’s Simplify the following: Prime Factorize the radicand
Use Prime Factorization! 48 24 2 2 12 6 2 2 3
Now, circle pairs of factors that are the same. Why pairs?! Because the index is two for square roots! For each pair, Cross and Toss out one of those factors and place it in front of the radical
Let’s try another one with variables!!
What happens here?!?
Try this one!!
However, the index isn’t always 2! How many sets do we circle in this case!?!
Let’s try another, don’t forget to look at the index!
How about this one?!
Practice:
Back side to the practice problems sheet #1-10 Homework: Back side to the practice problems sheet #1-10