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Simplifying Radicals Assignment

Write each expression in radical form.

1. 𝟒 2. 𝟑
𝒚𝟓 = (𝟒𝒄 − 𝟑)𝟒 =

Write each expression in exponential form.

3. 𝟓
√𝒙𝟐 = 4. √(𝟐 + 𝒂) =

Simplify the following expressions. Assume that all variables represent positive real numbers.
𝟒
5. √𝟖𝟏 = 6. √𝟑𝟔𝒂𝟔 𝒃𝟐 =

7. √𝟕𝟓 = 8. 𝟒 𝟒𝟖𝒂𝟓
√ =
𝒃𝟖

9. 𝟒
√𝟏𝟔𝟐(𝟑𝒙 + 𝟓)𝟖 = 10. √𝟓𝟎𝒙𝟔
=
√𝟐𝒙𝟒

Simplify the following expressions. Assume that all variables represent positive real numbers.

11. 𝟐 12. 𝟏𝟐
= 𝟑 =
√𝟔 √𝟒

13. 𝟑 14. 𝒚−𝒙

= =
𝟏𝟎 + √𝟓 √𝒚 − √𝒙

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Simplify radicals and recognize like or unlike radicals.

15. 𝟐√𝟑; 𝟑√𝟐 ; 16. 𝟑√𝟔; √𝟐𝟒

𝟑 𝟑 𝟑
17. √𝟐𝟓𝟎; √𝟓𝟒; √𝟏𝟔 18. 𝟒
√𝟐𝒂𝟒 𝒃𝟗 ; 𝟑
𝟔√𝟐𝒂𝒃;
𝟒
𝟑 √𝟐𝒂𝒃𝟓

Simplify the following expressions. Assume that all variables represent positive real numbers.

19. 𝟓 𝟐 20. 𝟓
( √−𝟑𝟐) = √√𝒙𝒚𝟑 =

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ANSWERS
Write each expression in radical form.

1. 𝟒 𝟓 2. 𝟑 𝟒
𝒚𝟓 = √𝒚𝟒 (𝟒𝒄 − 𝟑)𝟒 = √(𝟒𝒄 − 𝟑)𝟑

Write each expression in exponential form.

3. 𝟓
𝟐 4. 𝟏
√𝒙𝟐 = 𝒙𝟓 √(𝟐 + 𝒂) = (𝟐 + 𝒂)𝟐

Simplify each expression

5. 𝟒
√𝟖𝟏 = √𝟑𝟒 = ±𝟑
𝟒 6. √𝟑𝟔𝒂𝟔 𝒃𝟐 = √ 𝟔𝟐 ∗ (𝒂𝟑 )𝟐 ∗ 𝒃𝟐 = 𝟔𝒂𝟑 𝒃

7. √𝟕𝟓 = √𝟑 ∗ 𝟓𝟐 = 𝟓√𝟑 8. 𝟒 𝟒
𝟒 𝟒𝟖𝒂𝟓 √𝟐𝟒 ∗ 𝟑 ∗ 𝒂 ∗ 𝒂𝟒 𝟐𝒂√𝟑𝒂
√ = =
𝒃𝟖 𝟒
√𝒃𝟒 𝒃𝟒 𝒃𝟐

9. 𝟒
√𝟏𝟔𝟐(𝟑𝒙 + 𝟓)𝟖 = 10.
√𝟓𝟎𝒙𝟔 𝟓𝟐 ∗ 𝟐 ∗ (𝒙𝟑 )𝟐 𝟓𝒙𝟑
𝟒
√𝟐 ∗ 𝟑𝟒 ∗ (𝟑𝒙 + 𝟓)𝟒 ∗ (𝟑𝒙 + 𝟓)𝟒 = = √ = = 𝟓𝒙
√𝟐𝒙𝟒 𝟐 ∗ (𝒙𝟐 )𝟐 𝒙𝟐
𝟒
= 𝟑(𝟑𝒙 + 𝟓)𝟐 √𝟐

Simplify the following expressions (rationalize the denominator)

𝟑 𝟑
11. 𝟐 𝟐
𝟐√𝟔 √𝟔 √𝟔 12. 𝟏𝟐 𝟏𝟐 𝟏𝟐 √𝟒𝟐√𝟒𝟐 𝟑
= ∗ = = 𝟑 = 𝟑 ∗ 𝟑 = = 𝟑 √𝟐 ∗ 𝟐𝟑 =
√𝟔 √𝟔 √𝟔 𝟔 𝟑 √𝟒 √𝟒 √𝟒 𝟐 𝟒
𝟑
== 𝟔 √𝟐
13. 𝟑 𝟑 𝟏𝟎 − √𝟓 14. 𝒚−𝒙 𝒚−𝒙 √𝒚 + √𝒙
= ∗ = = ∗ =
𝟏𝟎 + √𝟓 𝟏𝟎 + √𝟓 𝟏𝟎 − √𝟓 √𝒚 − √𝒙 √𝒚 − √𝒙 √𝒚 + √𝒙
𝟑(𝟏𝟎 − √𝟓) (𝒚 − 𝒙)(𝟏 + √𝒙)
= 𝟐
= = =
𝟐 𝟐
𝟏𝟎𝟐 − (√𝟓) (√𝒚) − (√𝒙)
𝟑(𝟏𝟎 − √𝟓) (𝒚 − 𝒙)(𝟏 + √𝒙)
= = = 𝟏 + √𝒙
𝟗𝟓 𝒚−𝒙

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Simplify radicals and recognize like or unlike radicals.

15. 𝟐√𝟑; 𝟑√𝟐 ; 16. 𝟑√𝟔; √𝟐𝟒

𝟑√𝟔 ; √𝟐𝟐 ∗ 𝟔
𝟑√𝟔; 𝟐√𝟔

𝑼𝑵𝑳𝑰𝑲𝑬 𝑹𝑨𝑫𝑰𝑪𝑨𝑳𝑺 𝑳𝑰𝑲𝑬 𝑹𝑨𝑫𝑰𝑪𝑨𝑳𝑺

𝟑 𝟑 𝟑
17. √𝟐𝟓𝟎; √𝟓𝟒; √𝟏𝟔 18. 𝟒
√𝟐𝒂𝟒 𝒃𝟗 ; 𝟑 𝟒
𝟔√𝟐𝒂𝒃; 𝟑 √𝟐𝒂𝒃𝟓
𝟑 𝟑 𝟑 𝟒 𝟒 𝟒
√𝟐 ∗ 𝟓𝟑 ; √𝟐 ∗ 𝟑𝟑 ; √𝟐 ∗ 𝟐𝟑 √𝟐𝒂𝟒 𝒃𝒃𝟒 𝒃𝟒 ; 𝟔√𝟐𝒂𝒃 ; 𝟑 √𝟐𝒂𝒃𝒃𝟒
𝟑 𝟑 𝟑 𝟒 𝟒 𝟒
𝟓√𝟐; 𝟑√𝟐; 𝟐√𝟐 𝒂𝒃𝟐 √𝟐𝒃 ; 𝟔√𝟐𝒂𝒃; 𝟑𝒃 √𝟐𝒂𝒃

𝑳𝑰𝑲𝑬 𝑹𝑨𝑫𝑰𝑪𝑨𝑳𝑺 𝑼𝑵𝑳𝑰𝑲𝑬 𝑹𝑨𝑫𝑰𝑪𝑨𝑳𝑺

Simplify the following expressions.

19. 𝟓 𝟐 𝟓 𝟓 20.
( √−𝟑𝟐) = √(−𝟐)𝟓∗𝟐 = √(−𝟐)𝟏𝟎 = 𝟓
√√𝒙𝒚𝟑 = 𝟓∗𝟐 𝟏𝟎
√𝒙𝒚𝟑 = √𝒙𝒚𝟑
= (−𝟐)𝟐 = 𝟒

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