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Simplifying radicals in practice

Solving exercises about working with radicals, rationalizing the denominator.

The following exercises are solved in this step.

We invite you to try to solve them before watching the video.

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Exercise 1.

Rationalise the following expression: [ frac{6}{sqrt[3]{4}+sqrt[3]{2}}.]

Exercise 2. [Solved only in the PDF file]

Rationalise the following expression: [ frac{sqrt[3]{x}-y}{sqrt{y}+sqrt[6]{x}}.]

Exercise 3. [Solved only in the PDF file]

Rationalise the following expression: [ frac{2x-sqrt[3]{4x^2}}{sqrt{2x}-sqrt[3]{2x}}.]

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Precalculus: the Mathematics of Numbers, Functions and Equations

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