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Properties of Radicals
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Radicals as Rational Exponents

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Product Property
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Quotient Property
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Inverse Property
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Adding Radicals
To add radicals, the radicals must have the same: ! ! Index ! Radicand

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Rationalizing the denominator

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Radicals are not allowed in the denominator, so we must rationalize it!

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Simplifying Radicals
Radicals that are simplified have: ! No fractions under the radical ! No perfect power factors in the radicand ! No exponents in the radicand that are bigger than the index ! No radicals appearing in the denominator of a fraction
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