Name: Sachin Tandukar

Fall 2016 Date: 03-28-17

Math 1010
Conceptual Quiz, Chapter 7

Answer the following questions. Answers may vary in length from a few sentences to a
paragraph. Use correct grammar, including using complete sentences. Answers with abundant
grammatical errors will not be awarded full credit. If you need more space than is provided,
attach a separate sheet with your answers.

Ch.7: Exponents and Radicals

1. Without using the words take the square root, try to explain in words the meaning of
square roots. For example, why is 64 8 a true statement? More generally, when is
b a a true statement? Try the same thing for cube roots.

Square root of any number is that number which when multiplied by itself results in the
number of which the square root is to be found, i.e. if b x b =a then b = a. So the
statement 64=8 is a true statement because 8 x 8 = 64.
In case of cube roots a number is multiplied three times to itself to give the number of
whose cube root is to be found. For example, 3 27=3 because 3 x 3 x 3=2

2. How do the rules of exponents lead us to the conclusion that a a ?

1/2

m
According to the power rule of exponents where ( bn ) =bn /m , 2 a=a1 /2

3. You tell your friend that youre having a hard time remembering how to multiply and
divide radicals. She says, Its easy- as long as you know your rules for exponents. What
is she talking about?
If you tell your friend you are having a hard time remembering how to multiply and
divide radicals. She says, its easy-as long as you know your rules for exponents She is
talking about following rules of exponents.
Zero exponent rule: Any number raised to the power zero is equal to 1 therefore,
a0 =1
Power rule: Any number with a raised power to another power the exponents are
multiplied first. Therefore (am)n = amn
 Negative exponent rule: Any negative exponents in the numerator is moved to
denominator to make it positive and vice-versa, Therefore, an =1/an
Quotient Rule: Any two exponents with same base can be divided by subtracting
am
the powers, therefore, n
=a mn
a

4. In mathematics there are many If a then b statements. The Principle of Powers (p. 470)
is an example. Use the Principle of Powers to show an example of when If a then b is
true but If b then a isnt. (In other words, the order of the statement matters!)

Let us take following examples to prove this.

If x=4 then x 2=16 istrue . But if x 2=16 Then x = 4 isnt necessary to be true because
(-4)2 =16.

5. Pythagoras gets all the credit! But how long have people known about the relationship
between the lengths of the sides of a right triangle? Do a quick internet search and
summarize who, where, and when there is evidence of people knowing the Pythagorean
Theorem.
As devised by Pythagoras, the relationship between the lengths of the sides of a right
triangle, If an isosceles triangle of leg measure 1 is taken then the hypotenuse will
measure square root of two. This number couldnt be expressed as length that could be
measured by ruler divided into fractional parts. This distributed him who believed All is
number. Later after 200 years, Eudoxus, a Greek Mathematician developed a way to
represent this unutterable (irrational) number. The theory is the sum of square of two
sided of a right-angled triangle is equal to the square of the hypotenuse. Therefore,
h2=b2 + p 2 where h is measure of hypotenuse, b is the base and p is perpendicular