Solving

Problems
Involving Radicals

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 OBJECTIVES
Determine how to solve problems involving
radicals

Solve problems involving radicals

Value the mathematical knowledge and skills

acquired through application

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 What’s In?
The radical sign is used to denote the
positive or the principal root of a number.
The word "radical" comes from the Latin
word "radix", meaning "root” was used in the
13th century or so, and was abbreviated as
“R” or R with a slash through the right leg of
the R, like the Rx symbol at pharmacies.

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 What’s In?
The symbol that looks like a check (radical sign
without the "roof") originated in Germany, in the
1500's. It started out looking quite like a musical
note. If you had a long expression under the radical
sign, the expression was put in parentheses, and
later, placed with a line over it. This is where the
current symbol came from. Descartes in his _La
Geometrie_ (1637) seems to be the first to place the

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line on top for grouping.
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 What’s In?

The other use of "radical" means "by the roots"

or "from the roots", such as a "radical" change in a
person means changing your inner self to have a
dramatic change in appearance, opinion, values, goal
or personality, like changing your total outlook in life.
Most often, it is a result of an experience that is
tragic or a success.

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 Why is a square root called a
root in the first place?

Answer:
A root is the source of something. If you square
a number, the number it came from is the root, as

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 Let’s Recall!

George Polya is a mathematician in the 1940s

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Let’s Translate!
A certain number is the same as the cube root of
16 times the number.
A number is equal to its square root.
Five times the square root of 1 less than a number
is equal to 3 more than the number.
Twice the square root of a number is 14.
The square root of four more than five times the

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number is 8.
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 What’s New?

A certain number is the same as the cube root of

Example 16 times the number. What is the number?

Let x be the number.

STEP 1: Translate the given into a mathematical equation.

x = 16x
3

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 A certain number is the same as the cube root
Example of 16 times the number. What is the number?

STEP 2: Solve the equation.

x = 16x
3
( 2
)
x x − 16 = 0

x = (16x )
1
3
x ( x − 4 )( x + 4 ) = 0 The number
x = 0,4, −4 is 0, 4, or -4.
3
  1
STEP 3: Check the values obtained.
x = (16x ) 
3 3
 
x 3 = 16x

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x − 16x = 0
3
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Example A woman bikes 5 kilometers to the east going to
school and then walks 9 kilometers northward
going to the church. How far is she from her
starting point?

Let x be her distance from her starting point.

(Can you think of any math concept that you can associate to this problem?)

STEP 1: Translate the given into a

x
9 km mathematical equation.

x =5 +9
2 2 2

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W E
5 km
S
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 Example A woman bikes 5 kilometers to the east going to
school and then walks 9 kilometers northward
going to the church. How far is she from her
starting point?

STEP 2: Solve the equation. STEP 3: Check the value obtained.

x =5 +9
2 2 2

x = 25 + 81
2

x 2 = 106
x =  106

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The woman is 106 km away from her starting point. Sample Footer Text 12
Example If each side of a square garden is increased by 4
meters, the area becomes 144 square meters.
What is the measure of the side of the garden
after increasing it?

Let x be the measure of the side of the garden before increasing it.
(What is the formula in getting the area of a square?)
A =x 2

STEP 1: Substitute the given values into the mathematical equation.

144 = ( x + 4 )
2

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Example If each side of a square garden is increased by 4
meters, the area becomes 144 square meters.
What is the measure of the side of the garden
after increasing it?
STEP 2: Solve the equation. STEP 3: Check the value obtained.

( x + 4)
2
= 144
( x + 4)
2
= 144
x + 4 = 12
x = 12 − 4

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x=8 The side length of the garden after
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Example In an electrical circuit, the amount of current
measured in amperes (I), the amount of power in
watts(W), and the resistance (R) in ohms are
𝑾
related by the formula; 𝐈 = . Find the wattage
𝑹
in a system with 20 amperes and 12 ohms.

STEP 1: Substitute the given values into the mathematical equation.

W W
I= 20 =

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R 12

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Example In an electrical circuit, the amount of current measured in amperes (I),
the amount of power in watts(W), and the resistance (R) in ohms are
𝑾
related by the formula; 𝐈 = . Find the wattage in a system with 20
𝑹
amperes and 12 ohms.

STEP 2: Solve the equation.

W
20 =
22 3W 20 ( 6 ) = 3W
20 =
12 12
120 = 3W
2 3W
( )
W 12 20 =
20 = (120 )
2 2

12 = 3W
12 12
14400 = 3W

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12W 3W
20 = 20 =
122 6 W = 4800
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Example In an electrical circuit, the amount of current measured in amperes (I),
the amount of power in watts(W), and the resistance (R) in ohms are
𝑾
related by the formula; 𝐈 = . Find the wattage in a system with 20
𝑹
amperes and 12 ohms.

STEP 3: Check the value obtained.

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W = 4800 watts
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 You Try! Group Activity
Instructions: With your groupmates, answer the word
problems involving radicals. A member may assume any of
the following roles.

A coordinator
makes sure all A recorder keeps
things fit a record of what
together and has happened.

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work properly.
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 A trouble shooter
A go-for does is able to solve
just that; they go problems or can
for things. get the right help
to sort things out.

A time keeper uses

A reporter shares a watch or timer to
information with make sure things

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other people. are finished when
they should be.
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Let’s Formulate & Solve! Group Activity
Reminders:

1. Consider individual strength in assigning a role to

each group member.
2.Respect each other and the different ideas of every
group member.
3.Collaborate and welcome the ideas of all group
members.

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 Group Activity
Let’s Do It!
Presentation
PROBLEM

PROBLEM

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PROBLEM

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PROBLEM
The square root of the sum of two
consecutive integers is 7. Find
the two integers.

STEP 1: Translate the given into a mathematical equation.

STEP 2: Solve the equation.

STEP 3: Check the value/s obtained.

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Answer: The two integers are 24 & 25.
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 To save a woman from a burning
PROBLEM building, the firemen placed a 10-meter
ladder against the window. The foot of
the ladder was 2 meters from the wall.
How high is the window?

STEP 1: Translate the given into a mathematical equation.

STEP 2: Solve the equation.

STEP 3: Check the value/s obtained.

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Answer: The window is 4 6 meters high. Sample Footer Text 23
 The time (t) in seconds, it takes a free-falling
object to fall (h) in feet is given by the formula
PROBLEM
ℎ
t= . If a ball is dropped from a height of
16
100 feet, how long would it take the ball to hit
the ground in seconds?

STEP 1: Substitute the given values into a mathematical equation.

STEP 2: Solve the equation.

STEP 3: Check the value/s obtained.

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Answer: It will take 5/2 or 2.5 seconds
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What’s My Answer?

1. How can we solve problems involving radicals?

2. What mathematical knowledge and skills are involved

in solving problems involving radicals?

3. How can we apply radicals in real life?

 The other use of "radical" means "by the roots" or "from the
roots", such as a "radical" change in a person means changing your
inner self to have a dramatic change in appearance, opinion, values, goal
or personality, like changing your total outlook in life. Most often, it is a
result of an experience that is tragic or a success.

a. Share an experience that brought out profound changes in you.

b. Do some self-check and think if those changes made a positive or a
negative impact on your life. What have you learned from that
experience?
c. If you are given a chance of getting a rewind of an event in your life,
what should you change in that particular event?
 You Can Do It!
Instructions: Solve each of the following problem on your own.
1. A kite is secured to a rope that is tied to a ground. A
breeze blows the kite so that the rope is taut while the kite is
directly above the flagpole that is 30 ft from where the rope is
staked down. Find the altitude of the kite if the rope is 110
ft. long.
2. The maximum number of volts (E), that can be placed
across the resistor is given by E = 𝑃𝑅, where P is the power
in watts and R is the resistance in ohms. If a 2-watt resistor

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can have at most 40 volts of electricity across it, find the
number of ohms of resistance of this resistor.
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 Let’s Formulate & Solve! Group Activity
Instructions: Formulate and solve a word problem involving radicals.
Be guided with the rubric below.
Rubrics for the Problem Formulated & Solved
4 3 2 1
Categories
Excellent Satisfactory Developing Beginning
Mathematical Demonstrate a Demonstrate a Demonstrate an Shows lack of
Concept thorough satisfactory incomplete understanding
(20 pts.) understanding of understanding of understanding of and demonstrate
the concepts and the concepts and the concepts and severe
uses it uses it shows some misconceptions
appropriately to appropriately to misconceptions as shown in the
formulate and formulate and in formulating problem

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solve a problem. solve a problem. and solving a formulated and
problem. solved.
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Rubrics for the Problem Formulated & Solved
Categories 4 3 2 1
Excellent Satisfactory Developing Beginning
Accuracy of All computations The Most of the Errors in the
Computation are corrects and computations computations are computations are
(10 pts.) are logically are correct. not correct. severe.
presented.
Organization Highly organized, Satisfactorily Somewhat Illogical and
of the Report flows smoothly, organized, and cluttered. Flow is obscure. No
(10 pts.) and observes flow is generally not consistently logical
logical smooth and smooth, appears connections of
connections of logical. disjoint. ideas.
points.
Collaboration All group One group Two group More than two
& Creativity members play member did not members did not group members
(10 pts.) important roles in play an play important did not play
accomplishing important role in roles in important roles in

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the task; Output accomplishing accomplishing accomplishing
is appealing and the task; Output the task; Output the task; Output
interesting. is appealing. is ok. is not appealing.
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Let’s Formulate & Solve! Group Activity
Reminders:

1. Consider individual strength in assigning a role to each

group member.
2.There should be no duplication of problems and problems
must involve different disciplines.
3.Respect each other and the different ideas of every group
member.
4.Present your output in a creative manner, live or pre-

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recorded, using technology.
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