How do you simplify the square root of -24?

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Answer 1 · 2018-06-30T23:19:05

#2isqrt6#

We can rewrite #sqrt(-24)# as

#sqrt(-1)*sqrt24#

Recall that #i=sqrt(-1)#

We now have

#isqrt24#

We can factor out a perfect square out of #24# to get

#isqrt4*sqrt6#

#=2isqrt6#

Hope this helps!