How do you simplify (-4+- sqrt 28)/7?

1 Answer
Jul 4, 2018

-4/7+-(2sqrt7)/7

Explanation:

Ideally, we want to start by factoring out a perfect square from the radical. We can rewrite sqrt28 as

sqrt(4*7)=2sqrt7

With this, we now have

(-4+-2sqrt7)/7

Since none of the terms have common factors other than one, this is the most simplified we can get this expression.

Alternatively, we can separate the operations in the following way:

-4/7+-(2sqrt7)/7

Hope this helps!