Rational Exponents And Radicals Math
Having difficulty imagining a number being raised to a rational power.
Rational exponents and radicals math. You can use rational exponents instead of a radical. The general form for converting between a radical expression with a radical symbol and one with a rational exponent is latex begin align a frac m n left sqrt n a right m sqrt n a m end align latex. In middle school students learned about integer powers first positive and then also negative. In this unit we review exponent rules and learn about higher order roots like the cube root or 3rd root.
A rational exponent is an exponent that is a fraction. We will define how they work and use them to rewrite exponential expressions in various ways. Evaluate numerical expressions with rational exponents and convert between equivalent forms of exponential and radical expressions. Intro to rational exponents.
If you re seeing this message it means we re having trouble loading external resources on our website. In algebra 2 we extend this concept to include rational powers. Math algebra 2 rational exponents and radicals rational exponents. We ll learn how to calculate these roots and simplify algebraic expressions with radicals.
For example 4 4 can be written as 41 2 4 1 2.