Lesson 256 of 1524
5.2 Rational Exponents
Notice that the root and exponents are the same and simplify to leave the integer only
Practice this chapterNotice that the root and exponents are the same and simplify to leave the integer only Rewrite expressions with rational exponents as roots
You looked at which operations were equivalent and which ones were inverses of each other You were also introduced to new vocabulary such as radical, index, and radicand and discovered how they are related to perfect squares and square roots
root and exponents — the same and simplify to leave the integer only.
Be able to simplify radical expressions with even and odd indexes; use properties of exponents with rational exponents.
Worked example
What does “root and exponents” mean in 5.2 Rational Exponents?
- 1Use the wording this chapter gives for root and exponents.
- 2The book says: the same and simplify to leave the integer only.
- 3Keep the answer tied to this term.
Result: the same and simplify to leave the integer only
Why. That is the meaning this chapter gives for root and exponents.
Answer with the meaning this chapter gives. A nearby idea from the same book is a different term.
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