Scribd Logo
Upload

Welcome to Scribd!

  • 3 views

    Les. 4 - Adding and Subtracting Radical Expressions (1)

    Uploaded by

    domenic.mandzuka

    Copyright:

    © All Rights Reserved
    Download as PPT, PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd

    Les. 4 - Adding and Subtracting Radical Expressions (1)

    Uploaded by

    domenic.mandzuka
    3 views21 pages

    Copyright

    © © All Rights Reserved

    Available Formats

    PPT, PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd

    Did you find this document useful?

    Is this content inappropriate?

    Copyright:

    © All Rights Reserved
    Download as PPT, PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd
    Download as ppt, pdf, or txt
    3 views21 pages

    Les. 4 - Adding and Subtracting Radical Expressions (1)

    Uploaded by

    domenic.mandzuka

    Copyright:

    © All Rights Reserved
    Download as PPT, PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd
    Download as ppt, pdf, or txt
    You are on page 1of 21

    Objective

    Add and subtract radical expressions.

    Vocabulary
    like radicals
    Square-root expressions with the same radicand are
    examples of like radicals.
    Like radicals can be combined by adding or subtracting. You
    can use the Distributive Property to show how this is done:

    Notice that you can combine like radicals by adding or


    subtracting the numbers multiplied by the radical and
    keeping the radical the same.
    Helpful Hint
    Combining like radicals is similar to combining like
    terms.
    Adding and Subtracting Square-Root Expressions

    Add or subtract.

    A.

    The terms are like radicals.

    B.

    The terms are unlike radicals. Do not


    combine.
    Adding and Subtracting Square-Root Expressions

    Add or subtract.

    C.

    the terms are


    like radicals.

    D.

    Identify like radicals.

    Combine like radicals.


    Try This!

    Add or subtract.

    a.

    The terms are like radicals.

    b.

    The terms are like radicals.


    Try This!

    Add or subtract.

    c.

    The terms are like radicals.

    d.

    The terms are like


    radicals.
    Combine like radicals.
    Sometimes radicals do not appear to be like
    until they are simplified, Simplify all radicals
    in an expression before trying to identify like
    radicals.
    Simplify Before Adding or Subtracting

    Simplify each expression.

    Factor the radicands using perfect squares.

    Product Property of Square Roots.

    Simplify.

    Combine like radicals.


    Simplify Before Adding or Subtracting

    Simplify each expression.

    Factor the radicands using perfect


    squares.
    Product Property of Square Roots.

    Simplify.

    The terms are unlike radicals. Do not


    combine.
    Simplify Before Adding or Subtracting

    Simplify each expression.

    Factor the radicands using


    perfect squares.

    Product Property of Square


    Roots.

    Simplify.

    Combine like radicals.


    Remember!
    When you write a radicand as a product, make at
    least one factor a perfect square.
    Try This!

    Simplify each expression.

    Factor the radicands using perfect squares.

    Product Property of Square Roots.

    Simplify.

    Combine like radicals.


    Try This!

    Simplify each expression.

    Factor the radicands using perfect


    squares.

    Product Property of Square Roots.

    Simplify.

    The terms are unlike radicals. Do not


    combine.
    Try This!

    Simplify each expression.

    Factor the radicands using perfect squares.

    Product Property of Square Roots.

    Simplify.

    Combine like radicals.


    Geometry Application

    Find the perimeter of the


    triangle. Give the answer as a
    radical expression in simplest
    form.
    Write an expression for perimeter.

    Factor 20 using a perfect square.

    Product Property of Square Roots.

    Simplify.

    Combine like radicals.


    Try This!

    Find the perimeter of a rectangle whose length is


    inches and whose width is inches. Give your answer
    as a radical expression in simplest form.

    Write an expression for perimeter 2 (l +


    w).
    Multiply each term by 2 .

    Simplify.

    Combine like radicals.

    The perimeter is in.


    Lesson Quiz: Part I

    Add or subtract.

    1.

    2.

    3.

    Simplify each expression.

    4.

    5.
    Lesson Quiz: Part II

    6. Find the perimeter of the trapezoid. Give the answer as a radical


    expression is simplest form.

    You might also like