When my students grow too dependent on their calculators, I ask them to find a number that, when multiplied by itself, gives them 2. Students quickly see that since 1² = 1 and 2² = 4, the answer has ...
How to simplify rational expressions to higher powers. We will focus on simplifying a rational expression to the 3rd and 4th power. I make short, to-the-point online math tutorials. I struggled with ...