Question

How do you order the following from least to greatest `-sqrt(5/6), -sqrt(19/7), -sqrt(11/4), -sqrt(4/5)`?

Answer 1

Convert each radical into decimal form.

Explanation:

`-sqrt(5/6)~~-0.913`
`-sqrt(19/7)~~-1.648`
`-sqrt(11/4)~~-1.658`
`-sqrt(4/5)~~-0.894`

The radicals, in order, are:

`-sqrt(11/4), -sqrt(19/7), -sqrt(5/6), -sqrt(4/5)`