Monday, February 13, 2023

Do Now: Simplify
√𝟏𝟒𝟒 = ________

𝟑
√𝟔𝟒 = ________

Introduction to Radical Expressions

Objective: Today I will simplify radical expressions by using radical reducing formulas
to complete 10 problems.
Language Objective: Today I will define radical expression, read the radical reducing
formulas and write the simplified form of a radical expression.

Radical reducing formulas

𝒎 𝒏⁄
√ 𝒂𝒏 = 𝒂 𝒎 Example: √𝟏𝟔𝒙𝟔 =

𝒏 𝒏 𝟓
√𝒂𝒎𝒏 𝒃 = 𝒂𝒎 √𝒃 Example: √−𝟑𝟐𝒙𝟏𝟎 𝒚𝟏𝟓 𝒛𝟑 =
𝒏 𝒏 𝟑
√𝒂𝒎𝒏+𝒃 , 𝒃 < 𝒏, = 𝒂𝒎 √𝒂𝒃 Example: √−𝟓𝟒𝒂𝟓 𝒃𝟖 𝒄𝟑 =

Recall the rules of negatives and radicals:

√−𝟒𝟖 = 𝟒√𝟑 𝒊 𝒐𝒓 𝑵𝒐 𝑺𝒐𝒍𝒖𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒍 𝒏𝒖𝒎𝒃𝒆𝒓𝒔.
𝟑 𝟑
√−𝟒𝟖 = −𝟐 √𝟔 𝒐𝒅𝒅 𝒓𝒂𝒅𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒍𝒔 𝒔𝒊𝒎𝒑𝒍𝒊𝒇𝒚 𝒏𝒆𝒈𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒍 𝒏𝒖𝒎𝒃𝒆𝒓𝒔

Exit Ticket: Simplify.

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√𝟖𝟏𝒙𝟏𝟒 𝒚𝟓