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3.1 & 3.2 Simplify Radicals.notebook
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Warm Up
Simplify.
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Warm Up
3.2 continued
A. Properties of Radicals
Quotient Property
Product Property
Index numbers must
be the same.
Examples:
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Props of Radicals
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More Examples:
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Simplest radical form means:
• NO fraction under the radical
• NO radical in the denominator, and
• NO factor in the radicand with a power
greater than the index number.
Props of Radicals
Try these: Simplify.
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Practice Props of Radicals
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3.2 continued
III. Add or Subtract Radicals
To add or subtract radicals, they must be like radicals
(same radicand and same index number).
Which are like radicals?
Add/Subtract Radicals
To add or subtract radicals,
1. simplify each radical, if needed.
2. add coefficients on like radicals.
Examples:
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Add/Subtract Radicals
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