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Operations on Radicals

Addition and Subtraction of Radicals


Two or more radicals are said to be similar if they have the same index
and radicands.
Similar radicals can be combined into one radical using addition or
subtraction using the distributive property.
Dissimilar radicals cannot be reduced to a single radical.
Addition and Subtraction of Radicals

2 5−4 5+7 5= 2−4+7 5=𝟓 𝟓

5 𝟓
4 7 + 7 − 7 13 = 𝟓 𝟕 − 𝟕 𝟏𝟑

12 + 75 − 48 + 147 = 4 3 + 25 3 − 16 3 + 49 3

2 3 + 5 3 − 4 3 + 7 3 = 𝟏𝟎 𝟑
Addition and Subtraction of Radicals
3 3 3
4 2 − 2 16 − 3 54
3 3 3
= 4 2 − 2 8(2) − 3 27(2)
3 3 3
=4 2−2 2 2−3 3 2
3 3 3
=4 2−4 2−9 2
3 𝟑
= 4−4−9 2 = −𝟗 𝟐
Multiplication and Division of Radicals

Multiplication and division of radical expression is accomplished by


using Laws of radicals (ii) and (iii). That is,

𝑛
𝑛 𝑛 𝑛 𝑛 𝑎 𝑎
(ii) 𝑎𝑏 = 𝑎∙ 𝑏 (iii) = 𝑛
𝑏 𝑏
Multiplication and Division of Radicals

6 ∙ 10 = 6 ∙ 10 = 60 = 4 ∙ 15 = 𝟐 𝟏𝟓

4
30 4 30 𝟒
4 = = 𝟔
5 5
Multiplication and Division of Radicals
2
3 𝑎+5 𝑏 3 𝑎−5 𝑏 = 3 𝑎 2 − 5 𝑏 = 𝟗𝒂 − 𝟐𝟓𝒃

3 𝑎+5 𝑏 3 𝑎−5 𝑏
2
= 3 𝑎 2 − 3 𝑎 5 𝑏 + 3 𝑎 5 𝑏 − 5 𝑏
2
= 3 𝑎 2 − 5 𝑏 = 𝟗𝒂 − 𝟐𝟓𝒃
Multiplication and Division of Radicals

3 6 2 8 − 3 12

= 2 8 3 6 − 3 12 3 6

= 6 48 − 9 72

= 6 16(3) − 9 36 2

=6 4 3−9 6 2 = 𝟐𝟒 𝟑 − 𝟓𝟒 𝟐
Multiplication and Division of Radicals

3
56𝑥 2 𝑦 6 3 56𝑥 2 𝑦 6 3 28𝑦 5
= 4
=
3
2𝑥 4 𝑦 2𝑥 𝑦 𝑥2

𝟑
3 28𝑦 5 𝑥 3 28𝑥𝑦 3 𝑦 2 𝒚 𝟐𝟖𝒙𝒚𝟐
2
∙ = 3
=
𝑥 𝑥 𝑥 𝒙
Multiplication and Division of Radicals

5
1 1
2𝑥 3 𝑦 2 ∙ 𝑥 3 𝑦 6 = 2𝑥 3 𝑦 2 5 ∙ 𝑥 3𝑦6 2
2 5
= 2𝑥 3 𝑦 2 10 ∙ 𝑥 3 𝑦 6 10
10 10
= 2𝑥 3 𝑦 2 2 ∙ 𝑥3𝑦6 5

10 10 10
= 4𝑥 6 𝑦 4 ∙ 𝑥 15 𝑦 30 = 4𝑥 21 𝑦 34 = 4𝑥 20 𝑥𝑦 30 𝑦 4
10 10 𝟐 𝟑 𝟏𝟎
= 𝑥 20 𝑦 30 ∙ 4𝑥𝑦 4 = 𝒙 𝒚 𝟒𝒙𝒚𝟒
Multiplication and Division of Radicals

3
1 2
6
2𝑎2 𝑏 3 2𝑎2 𝑏 3 3 2𝑎2 𝑏 3 6 2𝑎2 𝑏 3 2
= 1 = 3 = 6
3𝑎𝑏 4 3𝑎𝑏 4 2 3𝑎𝑏 4 6 3𝑎𝑏 4 3

6
6 22 𝑎4 𝑏 6 6 22 𝑎4 𝑏 6 33 𝑎3 22 𝑎4 𝑏 6 (33 𝑎3 )
= = ∙ =
33 𝑎3 𝑏12 33 𝑎3 𝑏12 33 𝑎3 6
36 𝑎6 𝑏12
Multiplication and Division of Radicals
6
6 22 𝑎4 𝑏 6 6 22 𝑎4 𝑏 6 33 𝑎3 22 𝑎4 𝑏 6 (33 𝑎3 )
= = ∙ =
33 𝑎3 𝑏12 33 𝑎3 𝑏12 33 𝑎3 6
36 𝑎6 𝑏12

6 6
4 27 (𝑎7 )(𝑏 6 ) 108(𝑎6 )(𝑎)(𝑏 6 )
= 2
=
3𝑎𝑏 3𝑎𝑏 2
6 6 6 𝟔
𝑎6 (𝑏 6 )
∙ 108𝑎 𝑎𝑏 108𝑎 𝟏𝟎𝟖𝒂
= 2
= 2
=
3𝑎𝑏 3𝑎𝑏 𝟑𝒃

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