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Simplifying Radicals
Perfect Squares!
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To simplify radicals
• Break it up into two radicals ­ one should be off of your perfect squares list 20
• Simplify the two new radicals
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More simplifying
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• Put these back together under one house • Break them up into two different square roots ­ one of which should be off of the perfect squares list
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* You cannot have a radical in the bottom! To get rid of it multiply both the bottom and top by the same radical
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Key Concepts 8.1
Right Triangles
• The legs are the sides that meet at the right angle
• The hypotenuse is the side that is across from the right angle
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• The hypotenuse is always the longest side!
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