• DO NOW: SOLVE THE INEQUALITY BY FOLLOWING THE STEPS WE HAVE LEARNED OVER THE LAST TWO DAYS. THEN WE WILL GRAPH TOGETHER ON THE CALCULATOR;
X X2 6 1 13
HOW DO WE SIMPLIFY RADICALS?
1. simplify square roots, and
2. simplify radical expressions.
In the expression , is the radical sign and
64 is the radicand.
If x2 = y then x is a square root of y.
1. Find the square root:
8
2. Find the square root:
-0.2
64
64
0.04
11, -11
4. Find the square root:
21
5. Find the square root:
3. Find the square root: 121
441
25
815
9
6.82, -6.82
6. Use a calculator to find each square root. Round the decimal answer to the nearest hundredth.
46.5
1 • 1 = 12 • 2 = 43 • 3 = 9
4 • 4 = 165 • 5 = 256 • 6 = 36
49, 64, 81, 100, 121, 144, ...
What numbers are perfect squares?
1. Simplify
Find a perfect square that goes into 147. 147
147 349
147 349
147 7 3
2. Simplify
Find a perfect square that goes into 605.
605
121 5
121 5
11 5
Simplify
1. .
2. .
3. .
4. .
2 18
72
3 8
6 236 2
Look at these examples and try to find the pattern…
How do you simplify variables in the radical?
x7
1x x2x x3x x x4 2x x5 2x x x6 3x x
What is the answer to ? x7
7 3x x x
As a general rule, divide the exponent by two. The remainder stays in the
radical.
Find a perfect square that goes into 49.
4. Simplify 49x2
249 x7x
5. Simplify 258x254 2x
122 2x x
Simplify 369x
1. 3x6
2. 3x18
3. 9x6
4. 9x18
What are Perfect Cubes?
• 13 = 1 x 1 x 1 = 1
• 23 = 2 x 2 x 2 = 8
• 33 = 3 x 3 x 3 = 27
• 43 = 4 x 4 x 4 = 64
• 53 = 5 x 5 x 5 = 125
• and so on and on and on…..
2
2
2 x 2 = 4
3 x 3 = 9
3
3
4 x 4 = 16
4
4
5
5
5 x 5 = 25
The square root of 4 is 2
The square root of 9 is 3
The square root of 16 is 4
The square root of 25 is 5
1 23 4
5 67 8
Cubes
2
2
2
2 x 2 x 2 = 8
3 x 3 x 3 = 27
NTH ROOTS
• a square (second) root is written as:
• a cube (third) root is written as:
• a fourth root is written as:
• a fifth root is written as:
3
4
5
n
SIMPLIFY
3433
83
1.
2.
3. 27 33 6x y
ANSWERS
• 1. 7
• 2. -2
• 3. 3xy2
• CUBES:
Cathy is building a cubic
storage room. She wants the volume of
the space to be 1728 cubic feet. What
should the dimensions of the cube be?
ASTRONOMY A special form ofKepler’s Third Law of Planetary Motionis given by where a is theaverage distance of an object from theSun in AU (astronomical units) and P isthe period of the orbit in years. If anobject is orbiting the Sun with a periodof 12 years, what is its distance fromthe Sun?
a P 23
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