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kati45 [8]
3 years ago
13

How do you know a radical expression is in simplest form?

Mathematics
2 answers:
Diano4ka-milaya [45]3 years ago
7 0
Answer: To know whether a radical expression is in simplest form or not you should put the numbers and letters inside the radical in terms of prime factors. Then, the radical expression is in the simplest form if all the numbers and letters inside the radical are prime factors with a power less than the index of the radical

Explanation:

Any prime factor raised to a power greater than the index of the root can be simplified and any factor raised to a power less than the index of the root cannot be simplified

For example simplify the following radical in its simplest form:


\sqrt[5]{3645 a^8b^7c^3}

1) Factor 3645 in its prime factors: 3645 = 3^6 * 5

2) Since the powr of 3 is 6, and  6 can be divided by the index of the root, 5, you can simplify in this way:

- 6 ÷ 5 = 1 with reminder 1, so 3^1 leaves the radical and 3^1 stays in the radical

3) since the factor 5 has power 1 it can not leave the radical

4) the power of a is 8, then:

8 ÷ 5 = 1 with reminder 3 => a^1 leaves the radical and a^3 stays inside the radical.

5) the power of b is 7, then:

7 ÷ 5 = 1 with reminder 2 => b^1 leaves the radical and b^2 stays inside the radical

6) the power of c is 3. Since 3 is less than 5 (the index of the radical) c^3 stays inside the radical.

7) the expression simplified to its simplest form is

3ab \sqrt[5]{3.5.a^3b^2c^3}

And you know it cannot be further simplified because all the numbers and letters inside the radical are prime factors with a power less than the index of the radical.
kow [346]3 years ago
6 0
To simplify, the trick is to split the number into factors where one is a perfect square. Expressing in simplest radical form<span> just means simplifying a </span>radical<span> so that there are no more square roots, cube roots, 4th roots, etc left to find. It also means removing any </span>radicals<span> in the denominator of a fraction.</span>
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