Directions: read the section on conjugate pairs. describe a shortcut for multiplying conjugate pairs.

To multiply conjugate pairs, first factor any number inside the radical into prime factors, then multiply the coefficients and the radicands, and last but not least simplify the radicans dividing the exponents by the index -the quotient will be the exponent of the term that will came out of the radical and the remainder will be the exponent of the term that will remain inside the radical-