Section 2.5 Operations with Radicals © Copyright all rights reserved to Homework depot: www.BCMath.ca
Review: What are Radicals? Radicals are integers with exponents that are fractions When multiplying two powers with the same base, you add the exponents © Copyright all rights reserved to Homework depot: www.BCMath.ca
Multiplying Radicals The product of two similar radicals will become a whole number Numbers outside stay outside, inside stay inside Ex: Simplify the following © Copyright all rights reserved to Homework depot: www.BCMath.ca
Practice: Multiply the radicals © Copyright all rights reserved to Homework depot: www.BCMath.ca
Ex: Arrange the following from least to greatest: Convert each mixed radical to complete radicals © Copyright all rights reserved to Homework depot: www.BCMath.ca
Practice: Simplify the Following © Copyright all rights reserved to Homework depot: www.BCMath.ca
Dividing Radicals: When dividing radicals, simplify by dividing the numbers outside the radical together, and then the numbers inside. Never leave a radical in the denominator. Rationalize by multiplying both the numerator and denominator be the radical in the denominator © Copyright all rights reserved to Homework depot: www.BCMath.ca
Ex: Rationalize the following © Copyright all rights reserved to Homework depot: www.BCMath.ca
Adding & Subtracting Radicals You can only add two polynomials if they are like terms Likewise, you can only add or subtract two radicals if they are “like radicals” Simplify a radical if the number inside the radical sign becomes the same © Copyright all rights reserved to Homework depot: www.BCMath.ca
Simplify the following: © Copyright all rights reserved to Homework depot: www.BCMath.ca
II) Conjugates Multiplying a binomial with it’s conjugate will eliminate all the radicals © Copyright all rights reserved to Homework depot: www.BCMath.ca
Homework: © Copyright all rights reserved to Homework depot: www.BCMath.ca