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Wednesday, May 15, 2013

Algebraic Operations - Radicals

Category: Algebra

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Find the sum of the following:


Solution:

Consider the given equation above


Factor and then rewrite their coefficients into their exponential expression as follows



Take out all the terms that have fourth power and take their fourth root, we have

  
At the third term, there's a denominator which is x2 inside the radical sign. We need to rationalize the denominator by multiplying both sides of the fraction by x2 in order to eliminate the fraction as follows






Combine similar terms and simplify