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Surds & Indices
SERIES TOPIC
K 1
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Parentheses with Surds
The distributve law says that if a term multplies parentheses, then it must multply all the terms in the parentheses.
For example:
a (x + y) = ax + ay
The same is true if any of the terms contain surds. Here are some examples:
Binomial Products with Surds
A binomial product occurs when parentheses with two terms are multplied together. For example
(a + b)(x + y) = ax + ay + bx + by
The same is true if any of the terms contain surds. Here are some examples
If parentheses are squared, simply multply the parentheses with itself. For example
2 2 5 2 2 5 2 2 5
2
+ = + +
^ ^ ^ h h h
and now the method in the previous examples can be used.
Simplify the following:
a


2 5 11 7
22 14 55 35
+ -
= - + -
^ ^ h h

b


12 6 3
2 6 15 6 3 5
30 90 75
12 6 30 3 10 15 3
+ +
= + + +
= + + +
^ ^ h h
(simplest surd form)
1 1
1 1
2 2
2 2
3 3
3 3
4 4
4 4
a b
Simplify the following:
3 5 7
3 5 3 7
15 21
# #
+
= +
= +
^ h 4 5 2 3 7
4 5 2 3 4 5 7
8 15 4 35
# #
+
= +
= +
^ h