standard_description: Explain how the definition of the meaning of rational exponents follows from extending the properties of integer exponents to those values, allowing for a notation for radicals in terms of rational exponents. For example, we define 5^(1/3) to be the cube root of 5 because we want (5^(1/3))^(3) = 5(^(1/3))^(3) to hold, so (5^(1/3))^(3) must equal 5.
problem_activity: Problem 1
Circle the expressions below that have a value of 2.
$${8+ (-6)}$$
$${6-8}$$
$${-{8-6}}$$
$${-8+(-6)}$$
$${8-6}$$
$${-6+8}$$
$${-8+6}$$
$${-6 - (-8)}$$
Problem 2
Rewrite each subtraction problem as an addition problem and each addition problem as a subtraction problem.
a.
$${-8-7}$$
b.
$${11+(-3)}$$
c.
$${20-(-2)}$$
d.
$${-4 + 16}$$


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