Learning Resources
Outcomes
By the end of this lesson you will be able to answer questions like the ones in the pre-test below.
First answer the questions on the pre-test below in your Math 3103 binder. Then refer to the pages of the lesson that contain instruction on the questions for which you get an incorrect answer or for which you would like some further explanation.
Alternately, you can proceed directly to the first page of the lesson without doing the pre-test. To do this simply click on the Lesson button above. You can then return to this pre-test and use it as a worksheet.
Pre-test
In each of the following, perform the indicated operations and write your answer in simplest radical form.
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By the end of this section you should be able to:
- Define the expression
and write these expressions in simplest form. - Multiply and divide expressions containing radicals.
- Add and subtract expression containing radicals.
- Rationalize the denominator of a fraction.
Prerequisites
To be successful in this lesson, it would be helpful to know the following:
- Definition of index, radicand and radicals.
- How to multiply and divide radicals.
- How to simplify radicals.
- Laws of exponents.
- How to multiply binomial expressions.