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Lesson 1

1. Lesson 1

1.5. Explore

Mathematics 20-1 Module 5

Module 5: Radicals

 

Explore

 

This is a play button that opens “Formalhaut Orbit Concept.”

NASA, ESA, and G. Bacon (STScI)

Watch “Formalhaut Orbit Concept.” The animation shows the planet Fomalhaut b (red dot) circling its star, Fomalhaut (white dot), and the dust and debris cloud surrounding them. Notice that the planet moves faster when close to the star and slower when farther away. This motion can be predicted and described by radical expressions.


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glossary

Here are some of the words you will want to define in Module 5 Glossary Terms in this lesson:

  • radical
  • radicand
  • index
  • mixed radical
  • entire radical