Simplifying Higher Index Radicals

Read the question carefully and choose the correct answer.

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Explain why the radical expression is or is NOT in simplified form?

• The expression is simplified because the radicand contains no fractions

• The expression is simplified because the radicand has no​ perfect-square factors other than 1.

• The expression is not in simplified form because a radical appears in the denominator of a fraction.

• The expression is not simplified because it contains a fraction.

Simplify

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• B

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• D

Simplify the following radical: √32

• 3√2

• 4√8

• 16√2

• 4√2

√72

• 7√9

• 4√6

• 6√2

• 3√4

√45

• 3√5

• 5√3

• 9√5

• 5√9

5√80

• 20√5

• 4√5

• 5√20

• 4√5

• 17√2
• 9√1
• 9
• 9√2

Q1. What is the value of the expression?

• A) 13√3

• B) 10√30

• C) 13√6

• D) 11√3