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EXPONENTS & SURDS

* Recap
* Rational Exponents
* Exponential Equations
* Surds
* Surd Equations
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RECAP: Laws
Practicing the Laws of Exponents
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Beware!!
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RECAP:
Negative Exponents
Combining Exponent Laws in a Problem
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RECAP:
Prime Factorization
Prime numbers only have 2 factors
1 and the number itself i.e. 3, 5, 7, 11, 13
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RECAP:
Using Factorization
Common
Factor!
Difference of Squares 6
EXERCISE TIME!

Quiz: Exponents
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EXERCISE TIME!

RATIONAL EXPONENTS:
Law
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RATIONAL EXPONENTS:
Examples
Converting between Surds and Rational Exponents in a Problem
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RATIONAL EXPONENTS:
Examples
Change
to Roots
Change
to Prime
Factors
Working with Rational Exponents
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EXERCISE TIME!

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EXERCISE TIME!

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EXPONENTIAL EQUATIONS:
Examples

Raise both
sides to
the power
Prime
factorize
Solving
Exponential
Equations
Part 1
Solving
Exponential
Equations
Part 2
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EXPONENTIAL EQUATIONS:
Examples

Trinomial
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EXERCISE TIME!

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SURDS: Laws
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Beware!!
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Square numbers
1; 4; 9; 16; 25; 36; 49; 64; 81; 100;
121; 144; 169; 196; 225;
Cube numbers
1; 8; 27; 64; 125; 216;
SURDS:
Working with numbers
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SURDS: Examples
Simplifying Basic Surds
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1.
=
2.
=
=
=
.
NOT! =
=
Beware!!
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Pure surds

Factorize into
perfect squares

Split

Simplify

Add like terms
SURDS: Examples
Working
with Surds
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SURDS: Examples

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EXERCISE TIME!

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0
Arrange into descending order:
6 2 3
8 3 2
3
1
2
2
1
3
6
3
2
2
2

3
3

6
2
2
6
3
3
6
3
2

6
1
4

6
1
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So

6
1
8
3 6 2
2 8 3
SURDS: Comparisons
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SURDS:
Rationalizing Denominators
Need to get rid of the surd in the denominator

Difference
of
Squares
Rationalizing
Denominators
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EXERCISE TIME!

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SURD EQUATIONS:
Examples

Square
both
sides
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SURD EQUATIONS:
Examples

Square
both
sides
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SURD EQUATIONS:
Examples

Complex Surd
Equations
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EXERCISE TIME!

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