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Radical relationships

Solving square-root equations

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Intro to square-root equations & extraneous solutions

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Intro to solving square-root equations

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Solving square-root equations

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Solving square-root equations: one solution

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Solving square-root equations: two solutions

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Solving square-root equations: no solution

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Square-root equations introGet 3 of 4 questions to level up!

Square-root equationsGet 3 of 4 questions to level up!

Extraneous solutions of radical equations

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Square-root equations intro

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Equation that has a specific extraneous solution

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Extraneous solutions of radical equations

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Extraneous solutions of equationsGet 3 of 4 questions to level up!

Solving cube-root equations

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Solving cube-root equations

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Domain of radical functions

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Domain of a radical function

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Graphs of radical functions

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Transforming the square-root function

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Graphs of square-root functions

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Square-root functions & their graphs

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Radical functions & their graphs

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Graphs of square and cube root functionsGet 3 of 4 questions to level up!

About this unit

In this topic you will learn how to solve radical equations (which are equations with radical expressions in them) while avoiding extraneous solutions. You will also learn how to graph radical functions.