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5-2 Additional Practice
Properties of Exponents and Radicals
Rewrite each expression using the properties of exponents.
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12 _
3
( 64 6)
_1 _1 2 _1 6
4 2. 3m 4 (mn 3 )
1 2 3. 2a 2 (5a 2 b 4 ) 4. (x 3 · x 9 ) ÷ x 3
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1 _ _1 _1 _1
1. _5
How can you rewrite each _____
expression? ________
________ ________
5. √
3
125x 9y 7 √ 625a
4 5 3
a b
6. _____ 7. √
5
288x 3y 7 √
8. ________
3
4 5
297m2 n
3m n
What is the reduced radical form of each expression?
___ ___ _____ _____
√ 36x
___ 2 ____
(√ 4 5 )(√ 5 5 )
3
9. ( √ 32 )
4
10.
3 3
11. √ a 3b 5 · 5√4ab 24x
12. _____
3
How can you rewrite each expression in a simpler form?
3
_____ 3
__ 3
_____ ___ ____ ____
13. √ 3000 + √ 3 − √ 1029 45 − √180 − √
14. √ 720
Multiply.
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15. (x − √
8 )(x + √
8 ) 12 (√
16. √ 3 + √6 )
What is the reduced radical form of each expression?
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√
3 − 7
17. ______ __ −5x√__
18. ______
3−√ 5 3 − x
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50 + √k can be written as a
19. Discuss the possible values of k such that √
single term.
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20. Write √ 16
__ in
two different ways, one where the number is simplified and
7
another where the denominator is rationalized.
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21. The length of a rectangle is (3 + √7 )m and its width is (1 + 2√7 )n. What is the
area of the rectangle?
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