11 - 4 Multiply Radical TROUT 09

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11.

4 Multiplying Radicals
Rule:

a  b  ab
Steps:

1. Multiply the radicands and put under one


radical
2. Simplify
Multiply: 5 7
35
Multiply: 2 x  3x  1
Factor to see if 2 x 3x  1
you have a perfect
square but if you
2
6x  2x
do not have a
perfect square do
not write your
radicand in
factored form
rather always
distribute or FOIL
Multiply: 2  14
28  4  7
2 7
2 3
Multiply: 3x  9 x
5 5
27x  9  3x
4
 9  x  3x
2
3x 3x
Multiply: 3y  6

3 2y
Multiply: 2 x  50 x

10 x
3 3 4
Multiply: 2 x  8x y

3 2
4x y
2 2 3
10 xy  5 x y
3 5
50 x y
2 4
25 x y  2 xy
2
5 xy 2 xy
3 2 2 6
Multiply: 12 x y  3x y
5 8
36 x y
4 8
36  x  x  y
2 4
6x y x
Cube roots
3
2 8
3
3 27
3
4 64
3
5 125
½ as an exponent is the same thing as
Square Root.
1
36  36 6
2

1/3 as an exponent is the same thing


3
as Cube Root .
Simplify: 1
81
2

9
1
Simplify:
25x 
6 2

3
5x
1
Simplify:
27x 
6 3

2
3x
Assignment
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(2-36) even
and
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(1-10)all

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