Algebraic Exponentiation Basics
Algebraic Exponentiation Basics
Basic Mathematics
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General objective
Example.
Exponent
Base m1xm1= m2the bases are the same, the exponents are added
Power of a monomial
To find the power of a monomial, the quotient is multiplied that many times,
when indicating the exponent and multiplying the exponent of the literal part by the
exponent of monomial.
93.92is 93+2= 95
Everything started with what is called the Pythagorean Theorem. It is called a Theorem to any
It is known that is equal to the area of the square whose side is (exponentiation
Thus, what the Pythagorean Theorem states is the following: the areas of the
squares whose sides are a and b, when added together, give the area of the square whose side
esc.
In all right triangles, perhaps the one with the simplest appearance was the one that
produced among the Pythagoreans the great upheaval of presenting the existence of a
a measure that could not be expressed as a natural number or as a fraction.
The triangle whose legs both measure 1 was the one that caused the collapse.
of an entire philosophical theory.
natural numbers m, n such that , never achieving it. The idea was as follows:
It was attempted to divide the hypotenuse also into segments of length u, but
there was always a segment of length less than that:
Given that there was a surplus segment, a measure was chosen for the
segment that was half of the previous measurement, hoping that it wouldn't
there would be no leftover segment on the hypotenuse. But it didn't work.
If they had found a segment that fit an exact number of times both
in the hypotenuse as in the legs, let's say, 13 times in the hypotenuse and 8 times
in the legs, it would be that the hypotenuse measured because the proportion between
hypotenuse and leg, which was, was also equal to and thus they would obtain .
But they never obtained a measure that could fit an exact number of times in
both sides of the triangle. Thus arose the first irrational number, that which
the square is equal to 2. Almost 2000 years later it was named 'square root'
consists of a power with a rational exponent, not an integer. The symbol is used.
, which is called the root. In the following examples, it is observed how this will be used.
symbol:
Symbol It is read
cube root of 2
When the index is 2, it is generally omitted. That is, it means and it reads
square root of 7. It is important to remember (exponentiation with base in Q and
exponent in Z) that we can always express a power with exponent
negative as the inverse of a power with a positive exponent.
For example:
(Why?)
(Why?)
In general, given any rational numbers a, b, m, n, the following
equalities are valid:
2.
3.
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Radical expressions like the one in exercise 2 of the previous interactivity can
simplify by transforming the exponent, which is an improper fraction, into a sum of a
proper fraction plus an integer. For example:
That is to say
There are many cases of radical expressions that can be simplified to the point that the
root disappears; for example:
Exercise:
Encuentra 5 ejemplos de expresiones radicales que constituyen una raíz exacta.
that is, the number multiplied by itself n times, or raised to the power n is
equal to b.
Therefore, it also has to and this is the case of the exact roots that end
of course.
The n-th root of a number is not always unique: in the case of it has to
y .
That is, both 2 and -2 are square roots of 4.
To avoid ambiguity in the notation, when it is written refers to the positive root of 4,
and to refer to the negative root, it is written :
on the other hand, , because , and in this case, it cannot be stated that -2 is
If, on the other hand, the index is odd, the sub-radical quantity can be positive or negative.
and the root will always be a real number:
y .
Given a rational number b and an odd positive integer n, the n-th root of b is that
number x that, raised to the n-th power, is equal to b:
Similar Terms.
It has been seen how to apply the laws of exponentiation in calculations with radicals. These
Laws specifically refer to products and quotients of powers. But what is known?
Regarding the addition and subtraction of powers, is it applicable to the addition and subtraction of radicals?
for example:
for example:
y,
When in a sum of radicals terms with the same base and the same appear
exponent, these terms will be called similar. Operations will be performed with these terms.
in the manner indicated in the following example:
In general, if there are similar terms in a sum of radicals, and some of them
are multiplied by some real number, positive or negative, which is
the coefficient is obtained by adding all the coefficients with their respective sign.
thus the coefficient of the resulting term.
For example:
Conclusion
The objective set out in the introduction was met, as it was possible to
observe throughout the development the different uses of the functions in the
daily life and, having also studied the strengthening of expressions
algebraic, we have a model that we can apply in front of a certain
problematic.
We believe that the result obtained after the research work was
positive, since the guideline regarding theoretical information is fulfilled, and
we believe that this research will also be useful to us in practice.