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Module 5: Radicals
Multiplying More Complex Radical Expressions
Read the following or go to Multiplying Complex Radicals.
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So far, all of the expressions have been monomials. The same rule applies to binomials.
You can use these rules to simplify the following:
This process can be used to simplify another binomial product. Read the following or go to Multiplying Binomial Radicals.
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Did You Know?
A special case of multiplication that you may recall from your Grade 10 math course is the multiplication of binomial conjugates. Binomial conjugates are two binomials that are otherwise identical; but one is the addition of the terms, and the other is the subtraction of the terms. When these are multiplied together, there is a difference of squares.
