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1.4 Working With Radicals - Lesson: Mcr3U Jensen

This document is a lesson on working with radicals. It includes examples of simplifying radicals, adding and subtracting radicals, and multiplying radicals. The key points are: - When adding or subtracting radicals, terms must have the same radical to be combined, and the radical stays the same. - When multiplying radicals, radicals under the same term are multiplied and others are left the same. Perfect squares in the radicand can be simplified. - Radicals that cannot be expressed as fractions are called irrational numbers, and it is better to leave answers with radicals in exact form rather than calculating decimals.

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1.4 Working With Radicals - Lesson: Mcr3U Jensen

This document is a lesson on working with radicals. It includes examples of simplifying radicals, adding and subtracting radicals, and multiplying radicals. The key points are: - When adding or subtracting radicals, terms must have the same radical to be combined, and the radical stays the same. - When multiplying radicals, radicals under the same term are multiplied and others are left the same. Perfect squares in the radicand can be simplified. - Radicals that cannot be expressed as fractions are called irrational numbers, and it is better to leave answers with radicals in exact form rather than calculating decimals.

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4  Working  with  Radicals  –  Lesson  


MCR3U  
Jensen    
 
 
Investigation  
 
a)  Complete  the  following  table:  
 
 
A   B  

4× 4 =   4×4 =    

81× 81 =   81×81 =  

225× 225 =   225×225 =  

5× 5 =   5×5 =  

31× 31 =   31×31 =  

12× 9 =   12×9 =  

23× 121 =   23×121 =  


 
b)  What  do  you  notice  about  the  results  in  each  row?  
 
 
 
 
c)  Make  a  general  conclusion  about  an  equivalent  expression  for   𝑎  ×   𝑏  
 
 
 
 
 
Definitions  
 
Radicand:  
 
 
Entire  Radical:  
 
 
Mixed  Radical:  
 
 
 
More  About  Radicals  
 
Some  numbers  cannot  be  expressed  as  fractions.  These  are  called  __________________  numbers.  One  type  of  
irrational  number  is  of  the  form   𝑛  where  𝑛  is  not  a  perfect  square.  These  numbers  are  sometimes  called    
___________________.    
 
An  approximate  value  can  be  found  for  these  irrational  numbers  using  a  calculator  but  it  is  better  to  work  
with  an  exact  value.  Answers  should  be  left  in  radical  form  when  an  EXACT  answer  is  needed.  Sometimes  
entire  radicals  can  be  simplified  by  removing  perfect  square  factors.  The  resulting  expression  is  called  a    
__________________________________.  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Example  1: Express  each  radical  as  a  mixed  radical  in  simplest  form.  
 
Hint:  remove  perfect  square  factors  and  then  simplify  
 
a)   50     b)   27           c)   180  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Adding  and  Subtracting  Radicals  
 
Adding  and  subtracting  radicals  works  in  the  same  way  as  adding  and  subtracting  polynomials.  You  can  
only  add  ____________  terms  or,  in  this  case,  ______________    ______________________.    
 
Example:  
 
2 3 + 5 7  cannot  be  added  because  they  do  not  have  the  same  radical.    
 
However,  3 5 + 6 5  have  a  common  radical,  so  they  can  be  added.    3 5 + 6 5 = 9 5  
 
Note,  the  radical  stays  the  same  when  adding  and  subtracting  expressions  with  like  radicals.    
 
 
Example  2:  Simplify  the  following  
 
a)  9 7 − 3 7             b)  4 3 − 2 27  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
! ! !
c)  5 8 + 3 18           d)  ! 28 − ! 63 + ! 50  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Multiplying  Radicals  
 
Example  3:  Simplify  fully  
 
 
a)  (2 3)(3 6)                                                                                                                                          b)  2 3(4 + 5 3)  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
c)  −7 2(6 8 − 11)                                                                                                                                                      d)   3 + 5 2 − 3  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
e)   2 2 + 3 3 2 2 − 3 3  
 
 
 

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