Week 3 – Precalc 11

This week in Precalculus 11, we started the Absolute Value and Radicals unit. We first learned about the absolute value of a real number.

Absolute value of a real number: its distance from zero on a number line/the principal square root of its square

Principal square root: the positive (+) square root 

Example: \sqrt{1} = ±1     +1 = principal square root     -1 = negative (-) square root

The symbols “||” represent absolute value. 

Example: <-0-1-2-3-4-5->     |0| = 0

|0|

= \sqrt{0^2}

= 0 

This is a new concept I had not yet learned about and can add to my knowledge of Pre-Calculus.

 

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