| Directions: Answer these questions pertaining to the simplifying of radicals. Check your answer when finished. Assume any variables  represent a positive quantity.
 
 
              
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                    | 1. | Expression: | True or False |  
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                    | 2.                      | Expression: | True or False |  
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                    | 3.  | Expression: | True or False |  
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                    | d. |  |  |  |                Directions: Answer these questions pertaining to the simplifying of radicals. Check your answer when finished. Choose the best answer. The cartoon "hints" may, or may not, be helpful! 
              
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                    | 4.  | Simplify  . |  |  
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                    | 5.  | Which of the following cannot be simplified? |  |  
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                    | 6.  | Which of the following is not equivalent to                       ? |  |  
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                    | 7.  | Which of the following is  true? |  |  
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                    | 8.  | Simplify  . |  |  
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