1. Announcements Today is deadline for Unit 6 Reassessment –Sign up on round table –Fill out Reflection Form –Practice on what you missed Quiz next class on WS 7-1 and WS 7-2.

2. Rational Exponents and Radicals

3. Objectives I can rewrite a rational exponent as a radical I can rewrite a radical as a rational exponent I can simplify an expression with rational exponents or radicals

4. Rational Exponents Property For any real number b and integers m, n with n > 1, then

5. Radical Expression vs Rational Exponents..

6. Simplify with rational exponents means: Lowest possible Base No negative exponents No fractional exponents in denominator

7. To Simplify Use powers to substitute into the original base (see below)

8. To Simplify Use powers to substitute into the original base (see below)

9. To Simplify Use powers to substitute into the original base (see below)

10. Simplifying Negative Exponents

11. Simplifying Radicals Review This section is a review from working with radicals in the unit solving quadratics –Quadratic formula –Square roots method –Complete the square You want to bring as much out of the “house” as possible

12. Simplify Means: Bring as much outside the radical as possible No radicals in denominator

13. Index Number The Index Number determines how many you have to cross off to bring ONE out of the “house”

14. Simplify

15. Homework Worksheet 7-3 Quiz next class on 7-1 and 7-2 only