Radicals are mainly numbers under a square root sign. There are some basic rules to multiplying and simplifying radicals.

1. - Numbers outside the square root sign multiply normally and seperately from the     numbers on the inside.
2. - If the numbers under the square root signs are the same, then the square root sign is gone. (i.e. \sqrt(3) X \sqrt(3) = 3)
3. - Radicals can only be added or subtracted if the numbers under the square root sign are the same.

## Example 1:

In this example, the 4 is multiplied by the 2. Since the numbers under the square root signs are the same, they cancel out. Therefore, what is left is 8*5 which is 40.

## Example 2:

This problem must be apporached using binomial multiplication. This is when the first term is multiplied by the 2 terms in the second bracket and the second term is multiplied by the 2 terms in the second bracket. Since this is a difference of squares, two of the terms end up being cancelled out. Using the rules shown in Example 1 and basic multiplication, the answer ends up to be 90.

## Example 3:

This example has a bit of a trick in it. First, it is usually best to have no radicals in the bottom of a fraction, this is called rationalizing the denominator. To do this, use the conjugate which is basically the same expression as the denominator, however with a different sign in the middle (+ or -). After the conjugate is used, it is similar to other examples.

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