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    EXPRESSIONS

    WITH RATIONAL
    EXPONENTS
    Lecture # 5
    Learning Goals
    At the end of the lesson you should
    be able to:
    a. Illustrate expressions with rational
    exponents; and
    b. Simplify expressions with rational
    exponents.
    General rule
    •Exponents should not be left
    unsimplified.

    An expression is said to be simplified if it


    contains no negative exponents, complex
    fractions, or fractional exponents in its
    denominator.
    Simplify the following:

    1.
    Simplify the following:
    2.
    Simplify the following:
    3.
    RADICALS
    LECTURE 6
    Learning Goals
    At the end of the lesson, you should be
    able to:
    •write
    expressions with rational
    exponents as radicals and vice versa;
    •derive the laws of radicals; and
    •simplifyradical expressions using the
    laws of radicals.
    •The symbol is called radical.
    •A radical expression or a radical is an
    expression containing the symbol called
    radical sign.
    •In
    the symbol , n is called the index or
    order which indicates the degree of the
    radical such as square root , cube root and
    fourth root, is called the radicand which is a
    number or expression inside the radical
    symbol and is the power or exponent of the
    radicand.
    • If is a rational number and is a positive real
    number, then provided that is a real number. The
    form is called the principal nth root of . Through
    this, we can write expressions with rational
    exponents as radicals.
    Examples:
    1.
    2.
    If is a positive or negative real number
    and is an odd positive integer, then there
    exists exactly one real nth root of , the
    sign of the root being the same as the
    sign of the number.
    •Examples:
    •= no real root
    •= no real root
    LAWS OF RADICALS
    •
    •
    •
    •
    Simplifying Radicals
    a. Removing Perfect nth Powers
    Break down the radicand into perfect and nonperfect nth
    powers and apply the property

    Example:
    b. Reducing the index to the lowest possible order
    Express the radical into an expression with a rational
    exponent then simplify the exponent or apply the property

    Example:
    c. Rationalizing the denominator of the
    radicand
    Rationalization is the process of removing the radical sign in
    the denominator.
    Example: Simplify
    The simplified form of a radical
    expression would require;
    •NO prime factor of a radicand that has
    an exponent equal to or greater than the
    index.
    •NO radicand contains a fraction
    •NO denominator contains a radical sign.
    OPERATIONS ON
    RADICALS
    Lesson 7
    Learning Goal
    At the end of the lesson, you should be
    able to
    • perform operations on radical
    expressions.
    ADDING AND
    SUBTRACTING
    SIMILAR RADICALS
    Radicals with the same index and the same radicand are called
    similar radicals. The following pairs of radical expressions are similar.

    NOTE: Only similar radicals can be combined, that


    is, the algebraic sum/difference of two or more
    similar radicals can be expressed as a single radical.
    Examples 1: Combine into a
    single radical.
    ADDING AND
    SUBTRACTING
    DISSIMILAR
    RADICALS
    Radicals that are not similar, or dissmilar
    radicals, may become similar when simplified.
    Examples 2: Make each pair of radical
    expressions similar.
    Examples 3: Simplify the radicals in each
    expression, then combine similar terms.
    Example #4 : Simplify the
    following radicals:

    1.
    MULTIPLICATION OF RADICAL
    EXPRESSIONS
    • Themain tool in multiplying radicals with the same
    index is the Product Rule for Radicals.

    • Product Rule for Radicals – states that the


    product of the nth root of two numbers is equal to
    the nth root of the product of the numbers.
    Example 1: Give the product.

    In multiplying a binomial, trinomial, or any polynomial


    containing more than three radicals, by a monomial
    radical, the distributive property is used.
    Example 2. Find the product.

    ( )
    √ 3 √6−2 √ 15 =¿
    Example 3: Find the product.
    DIVISION OF RADICAL
    EXPRESSIONS
    • The Quotient Rule for Radicals shows how
    to get the quotient of radicals of the same index.
    The rule states that the quotient of nth root is equal
    to the nth root of the quotient.
    Example 1. Give the quotient.

    √ √
    35 ÷ 7

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