Math Script:

Lesson 1: Rational Exponents

Lesson 2: Laws of Radicals
Lesson 3: Adding/Subtracting Radicals

Script:
Hi, my name is Aaron Michael B. Monte, and I’m here to explain to you 3 lessons about radicals. Like Rational
exponents, and how to transform exponential forms into radical forms and back. The 5 laws of radicals and
adding and subtracting radicals.

Lesson 1 (Script)
The first lesson is Rational Exponents. In Rational Exponents, there are 2 forms, Radical and Exponential Form.
The exponential form is shown as “a raised to the power of n over m” (am/n) while the radical form is shown as
“the nth root of a raised to the power of m”.
In Exponential Forms, the “a” acts as the base, while the “n over m” acts as the exponent, the numerator is the
exponent, while the denominator is the index or power of the radical if you transform it into a radical form.
In Radical Forms, the power of the radical is called the “index”, the radicand, the number in the radical is the
“base”, and the exponent acts as the exponent of the base.
Now, lets transform exponential to radical forms and back, let’s start with this example: “9 raised to the power
of 1/Half).
To transform this from exponential to radical form, you first find base (which is 9), and place that in a radical,
next, you will find the index (which is 2) and make it the power of the radical, then you will find the exponent
of the exponential form (which is 1) and make it the exponent of the radicand. That’s how you turn this
exponential form into a radical form.
Now, let’s transform the same example back into an exponential form.
To transform it back into exponential form, you will just do the opposite, you will first find the radicand (which
is 9) and make it the base, then find the index and exponent (which is 2 and 1) and make it as the exponent of
the base.
That’s how you transform radical forms to exponential forms and back.

Lesson 2 (Script)
The second lesson is laws of radicals.
The first law is shown as “the nth root of a, multiplied by power of n”, let’s take an example,
“the cube root of 3, multiplied by cube” if the index and exponent is the same you will just cancel them out,
which gives you the answer “3”
The 2nd law is shown as “the nth root of ab, is equal to the nth root of a, multiplied by the nth root of b”
Let’s take an example, “the square root of 16x squared”, first you will separate 16 and x squared, then you will
find the square root of 16 and x squared, the square root of 16 is 4, and the square root of x squared is x, you
will then multiply 4 and x, which will give you the answer “4x”.
The 3rd law is shown as the “nth root of a over b, is equal to the nth root of a, over the nth root of b”
In this law, you will just find the square roots of the numerator and denominator. For example,
“the square root of 81 over 25”, you will just find the square roots of the numerator and denominator (which is
81 and 25), then you will get your answer, “9 over 5”

The 4th law is shown as “the nth root of a, raised to the power of m, is equal to the nth root of a, multiplied by
the power of m”. You will just separate the exponent if it is different from the index, like this example.
“the cube root of 27 squared” you will just separate the exponent from the radical, then you will find the cube
root of 27, then you will square the answer you got, and you will get the answer “9”.
The 5th law is shown as the “mth root of the nth root of a”, you will just multiply both indexes. For example,
“the square root of the cube root of 64”, first, you will multiply the indexes, then, you will find the root of the
radicand, which will give you the answer “2”.

Lesson 3 (Script)
The 3rd lesson, adding and subtracting radical expressions, to add or subtract radical expressions, you must have
a “Like Radical”, this is when the index and radicand is the same.
For example, “18, the square root of 3, plus 7, the square root of 3” Both radicals have the same index and
radicand, which means it’s a “Like Radicand” and therefore you can add the two coefficients. The first step is to
add 18 and 7, which will give you 25, you will then copy the square root of 3 and get the answer “25, the square
root of 3”
Another example is “3, the cube root of 2, plus 3, the cube root of 2”, you will add 3 and 3 and get 6, then you
will copy the cube root of 2, which will get you the answer “6, the cube root of 2”
Subtracting is the same as adding, but instead of adding, you will just subtract. For example, “23, the square
root of 5, minus 8, the square root of 5”. You will just subtract 23 and 8, which gives you 15, and then copy the
radicand which gives you the answer, “17, the square root of 5”
Lets combine the two, like this example, “15, the square root of 3, plus 2, the square root of 3, minus 16, the
square root of 3”, you will add 15 and 2, then subtract it to 16, which gives you the answer 1, you will then copy
the radicand, and get the answer “1, the square root of 3” but, if the coefficient is 1, you don’t need to put 1
there, so the better answer is just “the square root of 3”

That’s the 3 lessons, thank you for listening to me, explain my understanding of turning exponential forms into
radicals, the 5 laws of radicals, and adding and subtracting radicals.