Lesson 7-5: Rational Numbers As Exponents

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Lesson 7-5Rational NumbersAs Exponents

• Objective
• Students willWrite expressions with rational
  exponents
• Simplify expressions containing negative rational
  exponents
• Use rational exponents to simplify radical
  expressions

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Rational Exponents ? You may do the power or
the root first or ? work
with fractions
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Example 1 Example 2 Simplify Simplify Ex
ample 3 Example 4 Rewrite Rewrite
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Negatives Simplifying ? move negative
powers up or down Simplify Use Power rules
to Combine fractional exponents
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Example 5 Example 6 Simplify Simplify Ex
ample 7 Example 8 Simplify Simplify
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Ex 9
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HW 80 Worksheet
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