Name Date Class

LESSON Reteach
8-6 Radical Expressions and Rational Exponents
Use Properties of n th Roots to simplify radical expressions.
n  n 
Product Property: 兹ab  兹a  兹b
n


兹81x 8.
4
Simplify:

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4
Factor into perfect fourth roots.
4  4  4 
兹3 4 兹x 4 兹x 4 Use the Product Property.
3xx
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___
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9 Always rationalize the denominator
兹
x
3 __
Simplify: . when an expression contains a radical
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3 
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兹 x9
____ Use the Quotient Property.
3 
兹2
x
___
3 Simplify the numerator. Think:
3  3  3  3  3 
兹2 3  3  兹x 9  兹x 3 兹x 3 兹x 3  x  x  x.
x 兹 2 兹
3
___ ___ 2
___
3  3   3  Rationalize the denominator.
兹2 兹2 兹2
2
x 兹2
3 3
______ Use the Product Property.
3 
兹2 3
3 3 
x 兹4
_____ Simplify.
2
Simplify each expression. 8
3  3  
1. 兹x  兹x
兹 x
__
兹125x 6
8 4 4 3
2. 3.
6
 3  3 
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3 x8
____
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________
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4. 5 64
____ 6.
4

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2
___
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 Name Date Class

LESSON Reteach
8-6 Radical Expressions and Rational Exponents (continued)

The n th root of a number can be represented using a rational, or fractional,

exponent: 
1
__
a  a n.
n
This means to take the nth root of a.
1
__ 
Examples: 121 2  121  11
1
__ 3 
216 3  216  6
1
__ 4 
256 4  256  4
Powers and roots can be expressed using rational exponents a n  
m
__
a .
n m

Examples:
3  2
The denominator is the root and
64 3  64   4  16
2
__
2
the numerator is the power.
5  4
 32  5  32    2  4  16
4
__

To write expressions using rational exponents, use the definitions.

n 
1
__ n  m
__
n 
a  a n and a  a n
m n  m
Note that a   a m .
 1
__ 4  3
6 3  6 4
__
Examples: 5  5 2
Think: The root is n  4.
The power is m  3.

Write each expression in radical form and simplify.

3  4
7. 27 3  27 
4
__ 3
__ 3
__
8. 49 2 9. 16 4

4  3
81  
49   343
3
 16   8

Write each expression by using rational exponents.

5   
10. 4 2 Think: m  2, n  5 11. 19 6 5
4
12.

2
__ 1
__ 5
__
45 19 2 64

Simplify each expression.

3 

 
1

 13
__
24
13. ___ 3
14. 49  8x 6 15. 117
____
3x 3

2
__
x 14x 2 3
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