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ch 8 math vocab

i tried doing as much of the squared stuff as possible but i couldnt do most of those terms
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number or variable expression under a radical symbol
perfect sqaure
square of some rational number ex: -16, 1, .36, 4/9
period a pendulum
time required for the pendulum to swing back and forth to complete ONE cycle
imaginary numbers
not real numbers, dont correspond to any point on the number line
sqaure roots
1. if b is a perfect square then b is rational 2. if b is a positive number then (b squared) is irrational 3. if b is negative number, then (b squared) is not a real number
distance formula
distance-d-between the points with coordinates (x1, y1) and (x2, y2) d= (sqaured.) ( x2-x1)2 + (y2-y1)2
product rule for square roots
the sq root of the product of two nonnegative is equal to the product of their square roots
simplified form of a sq root
1. except for 1, the radicand has no perfect square factors 2. no fraction appears in the radicand 3. no radicand appears in the denominator
simplifying sq roots
1. write the radicand as a product of the greatest perfect sqaure factor and one other factor. 2. use the product rule for square roots to write the expression as a product of sq roots 3. find the sq root of the perfect sq factor
natural number perfect sqaures
1,4,9,16,25...
the quotation rule of sq roots
the sq root of the quotient of two numbers is equal to the quotient of their square roots
square root radicals when they have the same radicand 9-6 and 4-6..not 9-6 and 9-5
the product rule for sq roots
the product of the sq roots of two nonnegative numbers is equal to the square root of the product of those numbers
the sq of a sq root
for any positive real number a--(sqed a)2 = a!
the quotient rule for sq roots
the quotient of two numbers is equal to the square root of the quotient of the two numbers
rationalizing the denominator
process in which we change the denominator from a radical that represents an irrational number to a rational number
rationalizing denominators
to rationalize a square root denominator, mulitply the numerator and denominator of the given fraction by the sq root that appears in its denominator, or by a sq root that makes a perfect sq radicand in the denominator
conjucate binomials
if a and b are real numbers, then a + b and a-b and are called..
squaring property of equality
if two numbers are equal, their sqaures are equal.