How do you simplify the square root $-sqrt25$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2016-10-26T13:04:48

$(-1)sqrt25=(-1)(5)=-5$

We have:

$-sqrt25$

We can rewrite this to make it easier to see that this expression means that there is a $-1$ multiplying the square root:

$(-1)sqrt25$

The square root of 25 is 5, and so:

$(-1)sqrt25=(-1)(5)=-5$

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