Section Exercises

1. What does it mean when a radical does not have an index? Is the expression equal to the radicand? Explain.

2. Where would radicals come in the order of operations? Explain why.

3. Every number will have two square roots. What is the principal square root?

4. Can a radical with a negative radicand have a real square root? Why or why not?

For the following exercises, simplify each expression.

5. 256

6. 256

7. 4(9+16)

8. 289121

9. 196

10. 1

11. 98

12. 2764

13. 815

14. 800

15. 169+144

16. 850

17. 18162

18. 192

19. 146624

20. 155+745

21. 150

22. 96100

23. (42)(30)

24. 123475

25. 4225

26. 405324

27. 360361

28. 51+3

29. 8117

30. 164

31. 1283+323

32. 322435

33. 15125454

34. 34323+163

For the following exercises, simplify each expression.

35. 400x4

36. 4y2

37. 49p

38. (144p2q6)12

39. m52289

40. 93m2+27

41. 3ab2ba

42. 42n16n4

43. 225x349x

44. 344z+99z

45. 50y8

46. 490bc2

47. 3214d

48. q3263p

49. 813x

50. 20121d4

51. w3232w3250

52. 108x4+27x4

53. 12x2+23

54. 147k3

55. 125n10

56. 42q36q3

57. 81m361m2

58. 72c22c

59. 144324d2

60. 24x63+81x63

61. 162x616x44

62. 64y3

63. 128z3316z33

64. 1,024c105

65. A guy wire for a suspension bridge runs from the ground diagonally to the top of the closest pylon to make a triangle. We can use the Pythagorean Theorem to find the length of guy wire needed. The square of the distance between the wire on the ground and the pylon on the ground is 90,000 feet. The square of the height of the pylon is 160,000 feet. So the length of the guy wire can be found by evaluating 90,000+160,000. What is the length of the guy wire?

66. A car accelerates at a rate of 64t m/s2 where t is the time in seconds after the car moves from rest. Simplify the expression.

For the following exercises, simplify each expression.

67. 81642212

68. 4321632813

69. mn3a2c3a7n2m2c4

70. aac

71. x64y+4y128y

72. (250x2100b3)(7b125x)

73. 643+256464+256