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Lesson 24: Roots and Radicals   COURSE_COMMUNITIES_PDF_ID


Course Topic(s): Developmental Math | Exponentials

Exponential notation for (n)th roots and radicals is introduced. A short discussion about (n)th roots and irrational numbers follows before symbolic manipulation of fractional exponents and solving equations is presented. Power functions and solving radical equations are presented before the lesson concludes with roots of negative numbers.

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Subject classification(s): Algebra and Number Theory | Algebra | Algebraic Manipulation | Equations

Creator(s): Bruce Yoshiwara (Pierce College) and Kathy Yoshiwara (Pierce College)

This resource was cataloged by Bohdan Rhodehamel

Publisher:
Developmental Mathematics Collection

Resource copyright: CC BY-NC-SA

This review was published on December 12, 2011

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