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Simplifying Expressions With Rational Exponents

This document provides a lesson on simplifying expressions with rational exponents for 9th-grade students. It outlines various properties of rational exponents, including product of powers, power of a power, power of a product, quotients of powers, and power of a quotient, along with examples for each property. The lesson concludes with exercises for students to practice simplifying expressions using the rules of exponents.

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Simplifying Expressions With Rational Exponents

This document provides a lesson on simplifying expressions with rational exponents for 9th-grade students. It outlines various properties of rational exponents, including product of powers, power of a power, power of a product, quotients of powers, and power of a quotient, along with examples for each property. The lesson concludes with exercises for students to practice simplifying expressions using the rules of exponents.

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Simplifying 9th grade

Expressions with
Rational
Exponents
Prepared by: Kenneth D.
Bron LPT
Subject Teacher
At the end of the lesson you are
expected to:
• Simplify expression with rational
exponents.
Properties of Rational Exponent
1. Product of Powers

Example: Simplify

4 2 6
+ 2
¿𝑥 3 3
¿𝑥 ¿𝑥
3
Example 2: Simplify the expression

1 7
+
2 2
¿𝑦
8
2
¿𝑥
4
¿𝑥
Properties of Rational Exponent
2. Power of power

Example:

( 2
3
∙3 )¿ 2 ¿ 22¿ 4
6
3
¿2
Example 2: Simplify the expression

( 1
4
∙8 )
¿4
8
4
¿4
¿ 4 ¿ 16
2
Properties of Rational Exponent
3. Power of a Product

Example:
2 3 2
∙
3 4 3
¿𝑥 𝑦
2 6 2 1
3 12 3 2
¿𝑥 𝑦 ¿𝑥 𝑦
Example 2: Simplify the expression

1
2 ( 1 1
∙
4 2 )
¿4 ∙𝑥
1 1
2 8
¿4 ∙𝑥
1
8
¿2 𝑥
Properties of Rational Exponent
4. Quotients of Powers

Example:
4 1 3
− 1
¿5 3
¿5 ¿5
3 3

¿5
Example 2: Simplify the expression
7 1
−
3 3
¿ (3 𝑥+5)
6
¿ (3 𝑥+5)( 3 𝑥+5)
3
¿(3 𝑥+5) ¿ 9 𝑥+15 𝑥
2
+ 15 𝑥+ 3
2
¿ (3 𝑥+5)
2
¿ 9 𝑥 +30 𝑥+ 25
Properties of Rational Exponent
5. Power of a Quotient

Example:
1
4 2
2
¿ ¿1
2
3
6
Example 2: Simplify the expression
1
2
¿
16 4
¿
1
2 8
64
1
¿
2
Use the rules of Exponents to simplify the following. Write the
expression with positive exponents. Assume all variables
represent positive real numbers.
0 1 4 1 4 5
1
5 ∙5 ¿ 5
5 5 5
+
5
¿ 5¿ 5¿ 5 1
5
1
0
2 (9𝑥 ) 4 2
0 4
3
𝑦 4 − 12 7
𝑦 ¿ 𝑦2
¿1
2
𝑦
1
0 4
4 2𝑥
4
4𝑥 3
1

(𝑥 ) ¿𝑥
0 2 1 2 1 1 1 1 1
2 ∙ ∙ 3 8
5 3
𝑦 4 3 2
𝑦 4 2 ¿𝑥 𝑦

2
0 4 𝑥
6 1
2
2𝑥
3
0 3 3 2
2 −1 1 4𝑥
7 ( 2 𝑥 ) (4 𝑥 )
2 ¿ 2 (4 𝑥 )
2𝑥
2
¿ 2
2𝑥
3
−2
2
¿2 𝑥
3−4
2
¿2 𝑥
2
−
1 ¿ 1
2
¿2 𝑥 𝑥 2
0 1
4 1 3 1
8 𝑥 𝑦 − 1−
4 4 2
3
¿1 𝑥 𝑦
2 1
𝑥 4
𝑦 2 −
4 2
¿𝑥 𝑦
1
2
−
1 1 𝑦
¿𝑥 2
𝑦 2 ¿ 1
𝑥 2
¿¿
1
1 2
0 − − −1
𝑥 2∙ 2
𝑥 2
𝑥
¿ ¿ ¿
1 1
1 1 − −
∙− 6
𝑦 3 2 𝑦 6
𝑦
1
6
𝑦
¿
𝑥
Thank You
Prepared by: Kenneth D.
Bron LPT
Subject Teacher

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