How do you simplify $-sqrt150$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2016-08-03T22:41:34

= $5sqrt(6)$

Quick note: We can find $-sqrt150,$ but not $sqrt(-150)$

Write 150 as the product of its prime factors, then we can know what we are dealing with.

$sqrt150 = sqrt(2xx3xx5xx5) = sqrt(2xx3xx5^2)$

= $5sqrt(2xx3)$

= $5sqrt(6)$

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