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8.2E: Exercises

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    Practice Makes Perfect

    Use the Product Property to Simplify Square Roots

    In the following exercises, simplify.

    Example \(\PageIndex{52}\)

    \(\sqrt{27}\)

    Answer

    \(3\sqrt{3}\)

    Example \(\PageIndex{53}\)

    \(\sqrt{80}\)

    Example \(\PageIndex{54}\)

    \(\sqrt{125}\)

    Answer

    \(5\sqrt{5}\)

    Example \(\PageIndex{55}\)

    \(\sqrt{96}\)

    Example \(\PageIndex{56}\)

    \(\sqrt{200}\)

    Answer

    \(10\sqrt{2}\)

    Example \(\PageIndex{57}\)

    \(\sqrt{147}\)

    Example \(\PageIndex{58}\)

    \(\sqrt{450}\)

    Answer

    \(15\sqrt{2}\)

    Example \(\PageIndex{59}\)

    \(\sqrt{252}\)

    Example \(\PageIndex{60}\)

    \(\sqrt{800}\)

    Answer

    \(20\sqrt{2}\)

    Example \(\PageIndex{61}\)

    \(\sqrt{288}\)

    Example \(\PageIndex{62}\)

    \(\sqrt{675}\)

    Answer

    \(15\sqrt{3}\)

    Example \(\PageIndex{63}\)

    \(\sqrt{1250}\)

    Example \(\PageIndex{64}\)

    \(\sqrt{x^7}\)

    Answer

    \(x^3\sqrt{x}\)​​​​​​​

    Example \(\PageIndex{65}\)

    \(\sqrt{y^{11}}\)​​​​​​​

    Example \(\PageIndex{66}\)

    \(\sqrt{p^3}\)

    Answer

    \(p\sqrt{p}\)​​​​​​​

    Example \(\PageIndex{67}\)

    \(\sqrt{q^5}\)

    Example \(\PageIndex{68}\)

    \(\sqrt{m^{13}}\)

    Answer

    \(m^6\sqrt{m}\)​​​​​​​

    Example \(\PageIndex{69}\)

    \(\sqrt{n^{21}}\)​​​​​​​

    Example \(\PageIndex{70}\)

    \(\sqrt{r^{25}}\)

    Answer

    \(r^{12}\sqrt{r}\)​​​​​​​

    Example \(\PageIndex{71}\)

    \(\sqrt{s^{33}}\)​​​​​​​

    Example \(\PageIndex{72}\)

    \(\sqrt{49n^{17}}\)

    Answer

    \(7n^8\sqrt{n}\)​​​​​​​

    Example \(\PageIndex{73}\)

    \(\sqrt{25m^9}\)​​​​​​​

    Example \(\PageIndex{74}\)

    \(\sqrt{81r^{15}}\)

    Answer

    \(9r^7\sqrt{r}\)​​​​​​​

    Example \(\PageIndex{75}\)

    \(\sqrt{100s^{19}}\)​​​​​​​

    Example \(\PageIndex{76}\)

    \(\sqrt{98m^5}\)

    Answer

    \(7m^2\sqrt{2m}\)​​​​​​​

    Example \(\PageIndex{77}\)

    \(\sqrt{32n^{11}}\)​​​​​​​

    Example \(\PageIndex{78}\)

    \(\sqrt{125r^{13}}\)

    Answer

    \(5r^6\sqrt{5r}\)​​​​​​​

    Example \(\PageIndex{79}\)

    \(\sqrt{80s^{15}}\)

    Example \(\PageIndex{80}\)

    \(\sqrt{200p^{13}}\)

    Answer

    \(10p^6\sqrt{2p}\)​​​​​​​

    Example \(\PageIndex{81}\)

    \(\sqrt{128q^3}\)​​​​​​​

    Example \(\PageIndex{82}\)

    \(\sqrt{242m^{23}}\)

    Answer

    \(11m^{11}\sqrt{2m}\)​​​​​​​

    Example \(\PageIndex{83}\)

    \(\sqrt{175n^{13}}\)​​​​​​​

    Exercise \(\PageIndex{84}\)

    \(\sqrt{147m^7n^{11}}\)

    Answer

    \(7m^3n^5\sqrt{3mn}\)​​​​​​​

    Example \(\PageIndex{85}\)

    \(\sqrt{48m^7n^5}\)​​​​​​​

    Example \(\PageIndex{86}\)

    \(\sqrt{75r^{13}s^{9}}\)

    Answer

    \(5r^{6}s^{4}\sqrt{3rs}\)​​​​​​​

    Example \(\PageIndex{87}\)

    \(\sqrt{96r^3s^3}\)​​​​​​​

    Example \(\PageIndex{88}\)

    \(\sqrt{300p^9q^{11}}\)

    Answer

    \(10p^4q^5\sqrt{3pq}\)​​​​​​​

    Example \(\PageIndex{89}\)

    \(\sqrt{192q^3r^7}\)​​​​​​​

    Example \(\PageIndex{90}\)

    \(\sqrt{242m^{13}n^{21}}\)

    Answer

    \(11m^6n^{10}\sqrt{2mn}\)​​​​​​​

    Example \(\PageIndex{91}\)

    \(\sqrt{150m^9n^3}\)​​​​​​​

    Example \(\PageIndex{92}\)

    \(5+\sqrt{12}\)

    Answer

    \(5+2\sqrt{3}\)​​​​​​​

    Example \(\PageIndex{93}\)

    \(8+\sqrt{96}\)​​​​​​​

    Example \(\PageIndex{94}\)

    \(1+\sqrt{45}\)

    Answer

    \(1+3\sqrt{5}\)​​​​​​​

    Example \(\PageIndex{95}\)

    \(3+\sqrt{125}\)​​​​​​​

    Example \(\PageIndex{96}\)

    \(\frac{10−\sqrt{24}}{2}\)

    Answer

    \(5−\sqrt{6}\)​​​​​​​

    Example \(\PageIndex{97}\)

    \(\frac{8−\sqrt{80}}{4}\)​​​​​​​

    Example \(\PageIndex{98}\)

    \(\frac{3+\sqrt{90}}{3}\)

    Answer

    \(1+\sqrt{10}\)​​​​​​​

    Example \(\PageIndex{99}\)

    \(\frac{15+\sqrt{75}}{5}\)

    ​​​​​​​Use the Quotient Property to Simplify Square Roots

    In the following exercises, simplify.

    Example \(\PageIndex{100}\)

    \(\sqrt{\frac{49}{64}}\)

    Answer

    \(\frac{7}{8}\)​​​​​​​

    Example \(\PageIndex{101}\)

    \(\sqrt{\frac{100}{36}}\)

    Example \(\PageIndex{102}\)

    \(\sqrt{\frac{121}{16}}\)

    Answer

    \(\frac{11}{4}\)

    Example \(\PageIndex{103}\)

    \(\sqrt{\frac{144}{169}}\)

    Example \(\PageIndex{104}\)

    \(\sqrt{\frac{72}{98}}\)

    Answer

    \(\frac{6}{7}\)

    Example \(\PageIndex{105}\)

    \(\sqrt{\frac{75}{12}}\)​​​​​​​

    Example \(\PageIndex{106}\)

    \(\sqrt{\frac{45}{125}}\)

    Answer

    \(\frac{3}{5}\)

    Example \(\PageIndex{107}\)

    \(\sqrt{\frac{300}{243}}\)

    Example \(\PageIndex{108}\)

    \(\sqrt{\frac{x^{10}}{x^6}}\)

    Answer

    \(x^2\)

    Example \(\PageIndex{109}\)

    \(\sqrt{\frac{p^{20}}{p^{10}}}\)​​​​​​​

    Example \(\PageIndex{110}\)

    \(\sqrt{\frac{y^4}{y^8}}\)

    Answer

    \(\frac{1}{y^2}\)

    Example \(\PageIndex{111}\)

    \(\sqrt{\frac{q^8}{q^{14}}}\)​​​​​​​

    Example \(\PageIndex{112}\)

    \(\sqrt{\frac{200x^7}{2x^3}}\)

    Answer

    \(10x^2\)

    Example \(\PageIndex{113}\)

    \(\sqrt{\frac{98y^{11}}{2y^5}}\)

    Example \(\PageIndex{114}\)

    \(\sqrt{\frac{96p^9}{6p}}\)

    Answer

    \(4p^4\)

    Example \(\PageIndex{115}\)

    \(\sqrt{\frac{108q^{10}}{3q^2}}\)​​​​​​​

    Example \(\PageIndex{116}\)

    \(\sqrt{\frac{36}{35}}\)

    Answer

    \(\frac{6}{\sqrt{35}}\)

    Example \(\PageIndex{117}\)

    \(\sqrt{\frac{144}{65}}\)

    Example \(\PageIndex{118}\)

    \(\sqrt{\frac{20}{81}}\)

    Answer

    \(\frac{2\sqrt{5}}{9}\)​​​​​​​

    Example \(\PageIndex{119}\)

    \(\sqrt{\frac{211}{96}}\)

    Example \(\PageIndex{120}\)

    \(\sqrt{\frac{96x^7}{121}}\)

    Answer

    \(\frac{4x^3\sqrt{6x}}{11}\)

    Example \(\PageIndex{121}\)

    \(\sqrt{\frac{108y^4}{49}}\)

    Example \(\PageIndex{122}\)

    \(\sqrt{\frac{300m^5}{64}}\)

    Answer

    \(\frac{5m^2\sqrt{3m}}{4}\)

    Example \(\PageIndex{123}\)

    \(\sqrt{\frac{125n^7}{169}}\)​​​​​​​

    Example \(\PageIndex{124}\)

    \(\sqrt{\frac{98r^5}{100}}\)

    Answer

    \(\frac{7r^2\sqrt{2r}}{10}\)

    Example \(\PageIndex{125}\)

    \(\sqrt{\frac{180s^{10}}{144}}\)

    Example \(\PageIndex{126}\)

    \(\sqrt{\frac{28q^6}{225}}\)

    Answer

    \(\frac{2q^3\sqrt{7}}{15}\)

    Example \(\PageIndex{127}\)

    \(\sqrt{\frac{150r^3}{256}}\)

    Example \(\PageIndex{128}\)

    \(\sqrt{\frac{75r^9}{s^8}}\)

    Answer

    \(\frac{5r^4\sqrt{3r}}{s^4}\)

    Example \(\PageIndex{129}\)

    \(\sqrt{\frac{72x^5}{y^6}}\)

    Example \(\PageIndex{130}\)

    \(\sqrt{\frac{28p^7}{q^2}}\)

    Answer

    \(\frac{4p^3\sqrt{7p}}{q}\)

    Example \(\PageIndex{131}\)

    \(\sqrt{\frac{45r^3}{s^{10}}}\)

    Example \(\PageIndex{132}\)

    \(\sqrt{\frac{100x^5}{36x^3}}\)

    Answer

    \(\frac{5x}{3}\)

    Example \(\PageIndex{133}\)

    \(\sqrt{\frac{49r^{12}}{16r^6}}\)

    Example \(\PageIndex{134}\)

    \(\sqrt{\frac{121p^5}{81p^2}}\)

    Answer

    \(\frac{11p\sqrt{p}}{9}\)

    Example \(\PageIndex{135}\)

    \(\sqrt{\frac{25r^8}{64r}}\)​​​​​​​

    Example \(\PageIndex{136}\)

    \(\sqrt{\frac{32x^{5}y^{3}}{18x^{3}y}}\).

    Answer

    \(\frac{4xy}{3}\)​​​​​​​

    Example \(\PageIndex{137}\)

    \(\sqrt{\frac{75r^{6}s^{8}}{48rs^{4}}}\)

    Example \(\PageIndex{138}\)

    \(\sqrt{\frac{27p^{2}q^{10}}{8p^5q^3}}\)

    Answer

    \(\frac{1}{2pq\sqrt{p}}\)​​​​​​​

    Example \(\PageIndex{139}\)

    \(\sqrt{\frac{50r^5s^2}{128r^2s^5}}\)

    Everyday Math

    Example \(\PageIndex{140}\)
    1. Elliott decides to construct a square garden that will take up 288 square feet of his yard. Simplify \(\sqrt{288}\) to determine the length and the width of his garden. Round to the nearest tenth of a foot.
    2. Suppose Elliott decides to reduce the size of his square garden so that he can create a 5-foot-wide walking path on the north and east sides of the garden. Simplify \(\sqrt{288}−5\) to determine the length and width of the new garden. Round to the nearest tenth of a foot.
    Answer
    1. 17.0 feet
    2. 15.0 feet
    Example \(\PageIndex{141}\)
    1. Melissa accidentally drops a pair of sunglasses from the top of a roller coaster, 64 feet above the ground. Simplify \(\sqrt{\frac{64}{16}}\) to determine the number of seconds it takes for the sunglasses to reach the ground.
    2. Suppose the sunglasses in the previous example were dropped from a height of 144 feet. Simplify \(\sqrt{\frac{144}{16}}\) to determine the number of seconds it takes for the sunglasses to reach the ground.

    Writing Exercises

    Example \(\PageIndex{142}\)

    Explain why \(\sqrt{x^4}=x^2\). Then explain why \(\sqrt{x^{16}}=x^8\).

    Answer

    Answers will vary.

    Example \(\PageIndex{143}\)

    Explain why \(7+\sqrt{9}\) is not equal to \(\sqrt{7+9}\).

    Self Check

    ⓐ After completing the exercises, use this checklist to evaluate your mastery of the objectives of this section.

    This table has four columns and three rows. The columns are labeled, “I can…,” “confidently,” “with some help,” and “no—I don’t get it!” The rows under “I can…” Read, “use the Product Property to simplify square roots.,” and “use the Quotient Property to simplify square roots.” The other rows unders the other columns are blank.

    ⓑ After reviewing this checklist, what will you do to become confident for all objectives?


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