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Surds and Indices

Surds are irrational numbers of the form root n of a rational number, where n is a positive integer. Some properties of surds and indices include: adding or multiplying surds uses the same index; dividing surds subtracts indices; raising a surd or number to an integer power uses the product of the indices; and extracting roots follows the root property of (root a of b)^n = root a*n of b. A basic understanding of surds and indices helps solve math problems.

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Surds and Indices

Surds are irrational numbers of the form root n of a rational number, where n is a positive integer. Some properties of surds and indices include: adding or multiplying surds uses the same index; dividing surds subtracts indices; raising a surd or number to an integer power uses the product of the indices; and extracting roots follows the root property of (root a of b)^n = root a*n of b. A basic understanding of surds and indices helps solve math problems.

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Some basic concepts of Surds and

Indices


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Let a be a rational number and
n be a positive integer such that
. is irrational..Then
is called a surd of order n.
n
n
a a =
1
n
a


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n
a a
1
=
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n
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mn m n
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m
n
a a =
Basic understanding of Surds and Indices is helpful guide to solve
math homework problems easily.

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