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
Recall that a fraction indicates division, so if a radical is in the numerator of a fraction, your first step in solving would be to un-do the division- that is, multiply both sides by the denominator. The same is true if a radical is being multiplied by a fraction: to un-do multiplying by a fraction, you would divide by the fraction, which is written as multiplying by the reciprocal. Make sure that if you end with the square root of x is equal to some value, that you square both sides in order to find x.
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