Rational Exponents

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Warm Up and Homework Questions
Simplify the following:


Announcements & Deadlines

• Unit 7 Supplemental Homework (12 questions on simplifying radicals) is also due on Sun, Apr 14 at 23:59
• Homework (29 questions) for unit 7 due Sun, Apr 14 at 23:59
• Quiz 7 (46 questions, 120 min, 2 tries) opens Wed, Apr 10 and closes Sun, Apr 14 at 23:59
• Next unit exam (in class) Mon, Apr 15 (1 hour)
• Final exam - Thu, Apr 25, 10:15-12:10, room E225 (across from my office bank)

Today - Rational Exponents
Make a table of values, where x is the number of doublings and y is the value after doubling




a) Continue the table of values for x=4,5,6
b) What would it mean to double 3 and a half times?  4 and a third?
c) What would it mean to double 0 times?
d) What would it mean to double -1 times?

Notes p. 229-231
Homework #20-29

Tomorrow - Continue Rational Exponents

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https://www.khanacademy.org/math/algebra/exponent-equations/exponent-properties-algebra/v/rational-exponents-and-exponent-laws
https://www.khanacademy.org/math/algebra/exponent-equations/exponent-properties-algebra/v/more-rational-exponents-and-exponent-laws