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Example Questions
Example Question #21 : Square Roots
Evaluate:
Evaluate each square root. The square root of a number evaluates into a number which multiplies by itself to achieve the number in the square root.
Substitute the terms back into the expression.
The answer is:
Example Question #21 : Radicals
Solve:
Solve each radical. The square root determines a number that multiples by itself to equal the number inside the square root.
Rewrite the expression.
The answer is:
Example Question #22 : Radicals
True or false: is a radical expression in simplest form.
True
False
False
A radical expression which is the th root of a constant is in simplest form if and only if, when the radicand is expressed as the product of prime factors, no factor appears or more times. Since is a square, or second, root, find the prime factorization of 52, and determine whether any prime factor appears two or more times.
52 can be broken down as
and further as
The factor 2 appears twice, so is not in simplest form.
Example Question #1261 : Mathematical Relationships And Basic Graphs
To solve this, remember that when multiplying variables, exponents are added. When raising a power to a power, exponents are multiplied. Thus:
Example Question #23 : Radicals
Simplify by rationalizing the denominator:
Since , we can multiply 18 by to yield the lowest possible perfect cube:
Therefore, to rationalize the denominator, we multiply both nuerator and denominator by as follows:
Example Question #3 : Non Square Radicals
Simplify:
Begin by getting a prime factor form of the contents of your root.
Applying some exponent rules makes this even faster:
Put this back into your problem:
Returning to your radical, this gives us:
Now, we can factor out sets of and set of . This gives us:
Example Question #4 : Non Square Radicals
Simplify:
Begin by factoring the contents of the radical:
This gives you:
You can take out group of . That gives you:
Using fractional exponents, we can rewrite this:
Thus, we can reduce it to:
Or:
Example Question #2 : Non Square Radicals
Simplify:
To simplify , find the common factors of both radicals.
Sum the two radicals.
The answer is:
Example Question #21 : Understanding Radicals
Simplify:
To take the cube root of the term on the inside of the radical, it is best to start by factoring the inside:
Now, we can identify three terms on the inside that are cubes:
We simply take the cube root of these terms and bring them outside of the radical, leaving what cannot be cubed on the inside of the radical.
Rewritten, this becomes
Example Question #3 : Non Square Radicals
Simplify the radical:
Simplify both radicals by rewriting each of them using common factors.
Multiply the two radicals.
The answer is: