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    Operations With Radicals

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    The document discusses operations with radicals including: 1) Combining like radicals by combining coefficients and simplifying radicals 2) Simplifying expressions with radicals by simplifying each radical first before combining 3) Dividing radicals by dividing coefficients and rationalizing denominators to remove radicals in the denominator 4) Examples are provided to illustrate multiplying, adding, subtracting, dividing, and rationalizing radicals.

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    Operations With Radicals

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    The document discusses operations with radicals including: 1) Combining like radicals by combining coefficients and simplifying radicals 2) Simplifying expressions with radicals by simplifying each radical first before combining 3) Dividing radicals by dividing coefficients and rationalizing denominators to remove radicals in the denominator 4) Examples are provided to illustrate multiplying, adding, subtracting, dividing, and rationalizing radicals.

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    The document discusses operations with radicals including: 1) Combining like radicals by combining coefficients and simplifying radicals 2) Simplifying expressions with radicals by simplifying each radical first before combining 3) Dividing radicals by dividing coefficients and rationalizing denominators to remove radicals in the denominator 4) Examples are provided to illustrate multiplying, adding, subtracting, dividing, and rationalizing radicals.

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    Operations with Radicals

    Multiplying Radicals
    •

    •
    +
    To combine radicals: combine
    the coefficients of like radicals
    Simplify each expression

    6 7 5 7 3 7  8 7

    5 6 3 7 4 7 2 6  3 6 7 7
    Simplify each expression: Simplify each radical first and then
    combine.

    2 50  3 32  2 25 * 2  3 16 * 2 
    2 *5 2  3* 4 2 
    10 2  12 2 
    2 2
    Simplify each expression: Simplify each radical first and then
    combine.

    3 27  5 48  3 9 * 3  5 16 * 3 
    3* 3 3  5* 4 3 
    9 3  20 3 
    29 3
    Simplify each expression

    6 5 5 6 3 6 

    3 24  7 54 

    2 8  7 32 
    Simplify each expression

    6 5  5 20 

    18  7 32 

    2 28  7  6 63 
    FOIL with Radicals
    • Use rules for multiplying and add/subtract
    • Ex: (3 + 5)( 5 − 4)
    To divide radicals:
    divide the coefficients,
    divide the radicands if
    possible, and
    rationalize the
    denominator so that
    no radical remains in
    the denominator
    Example 1:
    56
     8 4*2  2 2
    7
    Example 2:
    This cannot be
    divided which leaves
    6 6 7
    the radical in the  * 
    denominator. We do 7
    not leave radicals in 7 7
    the denominator. So
    we need to 42 42
    rationalize by 
    multiplying the 49 7
    fraction by something
    so we can eliminate 42 cannot be
    the radical in the simplified, so we are
    denominator. finished.
    Example 3:

    This can be divided


    which leaves the
    radical in the
    5 1 2
    denominator. We do  * 
    not leave radicals in 10 2 2
    the denominator. So
    we need to
    rationalize by
    multiplying the 2
    fraction by something
    so we can eliminate 2
    the radical in the
    denominator.
    Example 4:

    This cannot be
    divided which leaves
    3 3 3
    the radical in the
    denominator. We do
     * 
    not leave radicals in
    12 2 3 3
    the denominator. So
    3 3
    we need to
    rationalize by

    multiplying the
    2* 9
    fraction by something
    so we can eliminate Reduce 3 3 3
    the radical in the the 
    denominator. fraction. 6 2

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