<u>Compare:</u><u> </u>- The goal of reducing a radical and a fraction is to literally simplify the numbers to make them easier to work with <u> Contrast: </u>- The action of simplifying fractions<u /> is dividing the numerator and denominator by a common factor. - The action of simplifying radicals is making sure the radicand has no square factors. You separate the radicand into two parts, one of which can be square rooted into a whole number. <em>Example:</em>
The solutions for the following expressions are: 1. 0.5*2 = 1 2. -0.2+-0.05= -0.25 3. absolute value of (-3+2.75) = 0.25 4. -(-0.25) = 0.25 <span>5. 2x-1.75x = 0.25x</span><span>