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Logic
chapters 1 to 5 re- appear not in sequence, as is or longer,
in Volume 1A, Pattern Based
Reason, Bon Appetite.
Logic
Mastery
Amazing, Amusing, Amorous, Delicious, Delightful, Edifying,
Strengthening Elixir.
It eases work & learning difficulties Makes the hard easier. Opens eyes.
Leads to greater precision.
in reading and
writing
Logic
mastery makes the hard, easier. Logic
mastery leads to better, stronger and richer comprehension. Logic
mastery improves reading and writing. Logic
mastery ease learning difficulties. Logic
mastery gives a headstart. In sum, logic
mastery will develops critical thinking, improve reading and writing,
and give a firmer base for work and studies at many levels. Good luck.
After logic,
(a) continue reading Three
Skills for Algebra, chapters 8 to 14 and do so alongside site area on solving
liinear Equations ; or (b) see this calculus
starter lesson and Volume 3, Why
Slopes & More Math, chapters 2 to 6;
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The simplification is shown with or without the use of primes. Here
computation may equal not the decimal approximation but the algebraic or
cosmetic simplification of square roots. The examples below show how
factorization and prime decomposition, together or not, may be used in the
simplification process and also providing a stopping rule.
Real Player Videos give more examples. View
them before, after besides the text below.
Square Roots of Whole Numbers without a calculator
If you have a calculator, you may compute or represent the square root of a
number exactly or approximately. But in algebraic calculations (or shorthand
mathematical reasoning with letters and symbols), approximations are to be
avoided. The latter may be done using the following methods. Some of these
methods are cosmetic. But their use leads to a common or standard form for
expressions involving square roots.
If h is prime then no simplification of the square root
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Ö h
is possible.
First Simplification:
If h = n2 and n > 0 then
Examples
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Ö 9 |
= 3 |
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Ö 25 |
= 5 |
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Ö 169 |
= 13 |
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Second Simplification:
For a > 0 and b > 0,
Examples
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Ö 500 |
= |
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Ö (100)5 |
= 10 |
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Ö 5 |
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Ö 27 |
= |
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Ö 323 |
= 3 |
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Ö 3 |
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Ö 1200 |
= |
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Ö (100)12 |
= 10 |
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Ö 12 |
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But Ö 12 |
= |
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Ö 223 |
= 2 |
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Ö 3
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Therefore
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Ö 1200 |
= 10 |
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Ö12 |
= 10(2 |
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Ö 3 ) |
= 20 |
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Ö 3 |
Second Simplification Revisited
If h = a2b where the prime factorization of b only includes
primes, but no powers of primes (other than 1). Then
Example
h= 1500 = 500*3 = 3*22*53 = = 3*22*52*5=
(22*52) 3*5 = (2*5)23*5
gives
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Ö1500 |
= |
2*5 |
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Ö3*5 |
= |
10 |
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Ö15 |
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Third Simplification:
For a > 0, b > 0 and c > 0,
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Ö a2b2c |
= |
ab |
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Ö c |
Example
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Ö 1200 |
= 10 |
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Ö100*4*3 |
= (10*2) |
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Ö 3 ) |
= 20 |
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Suppose h = a2b where the prime factorization of b only includes
primes, but no powers of primes (other than 1).
- [Play
Video] 5 minutes - Calculation of Squares and Square Roots
for Natural Numbers without and with decimal approximations. Exact
representation of square roots without approximation requires not
using a calculating. That is important in algebra - the statement
and derivation of formulas.
- [Play
Video] 1¾ minutes - How to Compute Square Roots by
Factorization
- [Play
Video] 3 minutes - Computational Properties - More on square
computation by factorization.
- [Play
Video] 3 minutes - Examples of square root computation by
factorization.
- [Play
Video]3¾ minutes - Examples of square root computation
by prime factorization.
In algebra, this simplification rewrites square roots in a standard
form, a standard that may lead to a common representation of square
roots of whole numbers when they appear in formulas and the derivation
or justification of formulas.
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Adding Wholes
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