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Unit: Rational exponents and radicals

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Rational exponents

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Fractional exponentsGet 3 of 4 questions to level up!
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Properties of exponents (rational exponents)

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Properties of exponents intro (rational exponents)Get 3 of 4 questions to level up!
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Evaluating exponents & radicals

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Evaluate radical expressions challengeGet 3 of 4 questions to level up!

Equivalent forms of exponential expressions

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Rewrite exponential expressionsGet 3 of 4 questions to level up!
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Solving exponential equations using properties of exponents

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Solve exponential equations using exponent propertiesGet 3 of 4 questions to level up!
Solve exponential equations using exponent properties (advanced)Get 3 of 4 questions to level up!

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About this unit

In middle school, students learned about integer powers—first positive and then also negative. In Algebra 2, we extend this concept to include rational powers. We will define how they work, and use them to rewrite exponential expressions in various ways.