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CONCEPT SUMMARY nth Roots, Radicals, and Rational Exponents

Relating Radical and Exponential Forms ​​ n​​ = c


Solving an Equation in the Form x​​ 

WORDS The index of a radical is equivalent to the To solve an equation in the form
denominator of a fractional exponent. ​​x​​  n​​ = c, find the nth root of both sides of
The exponent of the radicand is equivalent the equation by raising each expression
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to the numerator of a fractional exponent. to the ​​ __ n ​​ power.

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__ 4
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​​ √ 3​2​​  4​ ​​ = (​​​ ​32​​  4)​ ​​​  5 ​​ = ​​32​​  5 ​​ 
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NUMBERS Radical Form ​​x​​  3​​ = 1,728
​  1 ​
__ ​  1 ​
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(​​​ ​x​​  3​)​​​  3 ​​ = ​​(1,728)​​  3 ​​
5
​​729​​  ​​ = (
​​​ ​729​​  6 )
​  65 ​
__ ​  1 ​
__ ____ 5 x = 12
​ ​​​  ​​ = (​​​ ​√ 729 ​)​​​  ​​
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Exponential Form

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​  1 ​
__ ​  m ​
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ALGEBRA ​​ √ ​c​​  m​ ​​ = (​​​ ​c​​  m)​ ​​​  n ​​= ​​c​​  n ​​   ​​x​​  n​​ = c
n
Radical Form
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​ __ ​ ​  1 ​
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​​​(​x​​  n​)​​​  n ​​ = ​​(c)​​  3 ​​
m
Exponential Form ​​c​​  n ​​ = (
​​​ ​c​​  n ​)​​​  ​​ = ​√​c​​  m​ ​​
​  m ​
__ ​  1 ​
__ ___
n ​  1 ​
__
x = ​​c​​  n ​​

Do You UNDERSTAND? Do You KNOW HOW?


1. ESSENTIAL QUESTION How are Write each expression in radical form.
exponents and radicals used to represent ​ __1 ​ ​  2 ​
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roots of real numbers? 7. ​​a​​  5 ​​ 8. ​​7​​  3 ​​


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2. Error Analysis Kaitlyn said ​​√ 10 ​​ = ​​10​​  3​​.
3 Write each expression in exponential form.
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Explain Kaitlyn’s error. 9. ​​ √ b ​​ 10. ​​ √​p​​  7​ ​​
3 4

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3. Vocabulary In the radical expression ​​√ 125 ​​,
5
11. How many real third roots does 1,728 have?
what is the index? What is the radicand?
3 12. How many real sixth roots does 15,625 have?
4. Use Structure Why is ​​75​​  5 ​​ equal to (
​​​ ​75​​  5 ​)​​​  ​​?
​ __3 ​ ​ __1 ​
13. Solve the equation ​4x​​3​= 324.

14. Solve the equation 2​​x​​  4​​ = 2,500.


5. Construct Arguments Anastasia said that
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​  1 ​ 8
​​​(​x​​  8​)​​​  4 ​​ = __
​​  ​x​​  4​​​ = ​​x​​  4​​. Is Anastasia correct? Simplify each expression.
​x​​  ​ __
________ __________
15. ​​ √ 27​x​​  12​​y​​  6​ ​​ 16. ​​ √ −32​x​​  5​​y​​  30​ ​​
3 5
Explain.

6. Make Sense and Persevere Is it possible 17. A snow globe is packaged in a cubic
for a rational exponent to be an improper container that has volume 64 in​​.​​ 3​​ A large
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​  43 ​ shipping container is also a cube, and its
fraction? Explain how ​​27​​  ​​is evaluated or
edge length is 8 inches longer than the edge
why it cannot be evaluated.
length of the snow globe container. How
many snow globes can fit into the larger
shipping container?

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