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Rational exponents and radicals

Rational exponents

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Intro to rational exponents
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Rewriting roots as rational exponents
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Exponential equation with rational answer
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Unit-fraction exponentsGet 3 of 4 questions to level up!
Fractional exponentsGet 3 of 4 questions to level up!
Rational exponents challengeGet 3 of 4 questions to level up!

Properties of exponents (rational exponents)

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Rewriting quotient of powers (rational exponents)
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Rewriting mixed radical and exponential expressions
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Properties of exponents intro (rational exponents)Get 3 of 4 questions to level up!
Properties of exponents (rational exponents)Get 11 of 15 questions to level up!

Evaluating exponents & radicals

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Evaluating fractional exponents
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Evaluating fractional exponents: negative unit-fraction
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Evaluating fractional exponents: fractional base
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Evaluating quotient of fractional exponents
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Evaluating mixed radicals and exponents
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Evaluate radical expressions challengeGet 3 of 4 questions to level up!

Equivalent forms of exponential expressions

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Rewriting exponential expressions as A⋅Bᵗ
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Equivalent forms of exponential expressions
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Rewrite exponential expressionsGet 3 of 4 questions to level up!
Equivalent forms of exponential expressionsGet 3 of 4 questions to level up!

Solving exponential equations using properties of exponents

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Solving exponential equations using exponent properties
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Solving exponential equations using exponent properties (advanced)
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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.