Roots and Fractional Exponents You know a square
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Roots and Fractional Exponents
You know a square root means a number you take times itself to get a given answer.
Square roots were named because they were the lengths of the sides of squares with a given area. For instance a square with area 16 has a side with length 4.
You also know that every positive number has 2 real number square roots. While normally we just care about the positive square root, remember there is also an equivalent negative answer.
There are lots of other kinds of roots besides square roots.
A cube root is the number you take times itself and then times itself again to get a given answer. It is also the side of a cube with a given volume.
Each number has just 1 real number cube root.
The cube root of a positive number is positive. The cube root of a negative number is negative.
Fourth roots, fifth roots, sixth roots, etc. all work similarly to square roots and cube roots.
You can take even roots of any positive number. You will get 2 real number answers.
You can take odd roots of any real number. You will get 1 real number answer.
Simplifying Root Expressions with Variables Take the root of the coefficient. Divide the exponent by the index of the root.
If you don’t get an even answer when you divide … Put the quotient outside the root symbol. Put the remainder as the exponent under the root symbol.
Simplify
Simplify
Simplify Remember square root means the 2 nd root.
Simplify Technically the best answer is Unless it specifies that multiple answers are needed, though, we usually just give the positive answer.
For now we won’t worry about simplifying roots that don’t come out even. However, you can estimate where an answer is by placing it between numbers whose roots you know.
For instance … 13 is between 9 and 16 (and slightly closer to 16 than 9) So must be between 3 and 4 (and slightly closer to 4 than 3) … Estimate 3. 6
For instance … 30 is just a little more than 27 (and much less than 64) So must be a little more than 3 (and much less than 4) … Estimate 3. 1
Fractional Exponents
A fractional power with a numerator or 1 is the same as the corresponding root.
So the original problem … … the answer is 5.
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What is ? Find all answers. (There is only 1 answer. )
In a fractional exponent, the numerator (top) is a power the denominator (bottom) is a root
Write as a root, and then simplify:
Write as a root, and then simplify:
Write using exponents.
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