4 minutes Warm-Up Simplify 1) 2) 3) For what values of x is real?
11.3 Simplifying Radical Expressions Objectives: To simplify radical expressions
Taking a Dive Sean is vacationing in the Bahamas and decides to go skydiving. He jumps from a plane 1,600 feet in the air. When there is no air resistance you can determine the time, t, in seconds, it takes a skydiver to reach the ocean by using the formula t = , where h is the distance the skydiver falls. How long will it take for the Sean to reach the ocean?
Product Property for Radicals So, For any nonnegative real numbers a and b,
Example 1 Simplify .
Example 2 Simplify .
Example 3 Simplify .
Example 4 Simplify .
Practice Simplify. 1) 2) 3)
Example 5 Simplify .
Example 6 Simplify .
Practice Simplify. 1) 2) 3)
Cube Roots since 23 = 8 since -23 = -8
Example 7 Simplify .
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