Elementary Algebra

# Introduction

Elementary AlgebraIntroduction
Figure 9.1 Square roots are used to determine the time it would take for a stone falling from the edge of this cliff to hit the land below.

Suppose a stone falls from the edge of a cliff. The number of feet the stone has dropped after $tt$ seconds can be found by multiplying 16 times the square of $tt$. But to calculate the number of seconds it would take the stone to hit the land below, we need to use a square root. In this chapter, we will introduce and apply the properties of square roots, and extend these concepts to higher order roots and rational exponents.

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