Radical Equation and

Problem Solving
Sir Larry Embionada
Learning Objectives
› By the end of this section, you will be able to:
• Solve radical equations
• Solve radical equations with two radicals
• Use radicals in applications
RADICAL EQUATION
› An equation in which a variable is in the radicand of a radical expression
is called a radical equation.
› As usual, when solving these equations, what we do to one side of an
equation we must do to the other side as well. Once we isolate the
radical, our strategy will be to raise both sides of the equation to the
power of the index. This will eliminate the radical.
› Solving radical equations containing an even index by raising both sides
to the power of the index may introduce an algebraic solution that would
not be a solution to the original radical equation. Again, we call this an
extraneous solution as we did when we solved rational equations.
› In the next example, we will see how to solve a radical equation. Our
strategy is based on raising a radical with index n to the nth power. This
will eliminate the radical.
LETS SOLVE THIS
PROBLEM
SOLVING