Section 9.2 ­ Simplifying Radicals
Product Property
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Quotient Property
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An expression with radicals is in simplest form if the following are true:
­No perfect square factors other than 1 are inside the radical
­No fractions are inside the radical
­No radicals appear in the denominator of a fraction
Simplify.
1. √48
2. √18
3
3. √125
4. 5. 6.
6
7. 8. 3√63 √4
9. ­2√27 √3
10. ­√4 √81
√36
11. ­2√20
√100
Find the area of the figure. Give both the exact answer in simplified form and the decimal approximation rounded to the nearest hundredth.
12.
√5
√12
13.
√3
2