11.2

Chapter 11 Section 2 Alana Ivey

Simplify Radicals & Expressions

Main Idea: A radical expression is in simplest form if the following conditions are true:
 * No perfect square factors other than 1 in the radicand.
 * No fractions are in the radicand.
 * No radicals appear in the denominator of a fraction

Problem 1 √32

√32= √16*2 Factor using perfect square =√16*√2 Product property of radicals =4√2 Simplify

Problem 2 √48