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. √289−√121
9. √196
10. √1
11. √98
12. √2764
13. √815
14. √800
15. √169+√144
16. √850
17. 18√162
18. √192
19. 14√6−6√24
20. 15√5+7√45
21. √150
22. √96100
23. (√42)(√30)
24. 12√3−4√75
25. √4225
26. √405324
27. √360361
28. 51+√3
29. 81−√17
30. 4√16
31. 3√128+33√2
32. 5√−32243
33. 154√1254√5
34. 33√−432+3√16
For the following exercises, simplify each expression.
35. √400x4
36. √4y2
37. √49p
38. (144p2q6)12
39. m52√289
40. 9√3m2+√27
41. 3√ab2−b√a
42. 4√2n√16n4
43. √225x349x
44. 3√44z+√99z
45. √50y8
46. √490bc2
47. √3214d
48. q32√63p
49. √81−√3x
50. √20121d4
51. w32√32−w32√50
52. √108x4+√27x4
53. √12x2+2√3
54. √147k3
55. √125n10
56. √42q36q3
57. √81m361m2
58. √72c−2√2c
59. √144324d2
60. 3√24x6+3√81x6
61. 4√162x616x4
62. 3√64y
63. 3√128z3−3√−16z3
64. 5√1,024c10
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 6−√4√t 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. √8−√164−√2−212
68. 432−1632813
69. √mn3a2√c−3⋅a−7n−2√m2c4
70. aa−√c
71. x√64y+4√y√128y
72. (√250x2√100b3)(7√b√125x)
73. √3√64+4√256√64+√256
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