Unit
Radical Expressions and Equations
MA, Stanford University
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MA, Stanford University
Teaching in the San Francisco Bay Area
Alissa is currently a teacher in the San Francisco Bay Area and Brightstorm users love her clear, concise explanations of tough concepts
The easiest square roots to simplify are the perfect squares, so if you see a perfect square number in the top or bottom of your fraction, go ahead and turn it into an integer. If the fraction doesn't have an obvious perfect square, try reducing it by dividing by a common factor. If it can't be reduced, then you'll need to simplify each radical separately first and then reduce the fraction coefficients.
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