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Course: General Mathematics — Second Secondary
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General Mathematics — Second Secondary

Unit 1: Real Functions and Curve Sketching

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Unit 2: Exponents, Logarithms and Applications

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Unit 3: Limits

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Unit 4: Trigonometry

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Rational Exponents

General Mathematics — Second Secondary

Rational Exponents

Lesson summary

Lesson summary

  • a1/n = ⁿ√a, and am/n = (ⁿ√a)m.
  • a−m/n = 1 / am/n.
  • The laws of integer exponents apply to rational exponents when the bases are positive.
  • Take the root first and then raise the result to the power to make calculations easier.
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