Lesson 10.

7 Solving Radical Equations

Objectives: Find the solutions to radical equations

A. How to Solve a Radical Equation

Step 1 Isolate the radical. If the equation has more than one radical, get a radical on each side by moving one over. Raise each side of the equation to a power equal to the index of the radical (square both sides, or cube both sides, etc.) Solve the equation. If the equation still has a radical in it, repeat Steps 1 and 2. Check the solutions. Many times, a solution will not work!

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Solve the equation. 1.
p 5 9

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w 1 2 2

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3. 7 x 3 4 9
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4. 12 2 x 1 0

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2x 5 2 0

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6. 2 3 w w 0 Video tutorial: question 6

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b2 5b 8 b 7

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8. x 3 x 5 5

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3b 6 4 7b 6

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k 8 3 4k 1 0

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2 y 6 7 2 y 1

Note: the final answer is y = 3/2. The second solution of y = -1 does not check. I ran out of time on the video recording so it just ends with saying to check the answers! Video tutorial: question 11

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p6 p2 4

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