Square Root
Square Root
Square root
Jackie.Zhou
Yantai Yew Wah International School
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Think and Try
(1) The length and width of a rectangle is a and b, nd the length of its
diagonal.
(2) The area of a square is S, nd the length of its edge, diagonal.
Ans:
a
2
+ b
2
,
S,
2S
Quadratic radical
Generally, a number like
a(a 0) is called quadratic radical. a is the
radicand. A number like b
a
Principal square root of a(a 0):
a
a(a 0) (
a)
2
= a(a 0)
Find the range of a to make the expression meaningful
(1)
a
(2)
a + 1
(3)
1 3a
(4)
a 2 +
7 2a
(5)
a 2 +
1
72a
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(
a)
2
= a(a 0)
(1) (
5m)
2
(m 0)
(2) (2
3)
2
(3) (
a
2
+ b
2
)
2
when a 0,
a
2
= a or
a
2
= |a|
(1)
4x
2
(2)
9m
2
4
ab =
b(a 0, b 0)
(1)
9 25
(2)
16a
2
(3)
300
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a
b
=
b
(1)
4
9
(2)
45a
169b
2
Simplify quadratic radical:Blaaaaa
(1)
1
2
(2)
54b
3
(3)
y
2x
3
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Addition/subtraction: simplication, unite like terms
(1) 2
12
27 +
18
(2)
2
3
9x (x
1
x
+
x)
(3) 5
2 +
8 7
18
b =
ab(a 0, b 0)
b
=
a
b
(a 0, b 0)
(1)
10
(2) 3
2a 2
6a
(3)
72
3
(4) 2
6a 4
3a
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Some mistakes
(1)
(3)
2
= 3
(2) 2
3 =
(2)
2
3 =
12
(3)
2 +
3 =
5
(4)
19
3 =
16 = 4
(5)
13
2
12
2
=
13
2
12
2
= 13 12 = 1
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