SOLUTION: Put a positive factor back into the square root: -2√3 Answer?

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Question 1134202: Put a positive factor back into the square root:
-2√3
Answer?

Answer by Theo(13342)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
what i think you might be looking for is.

-2 * sqrt(3) is equal to -sqrt(4 * 3) which is equal to -sqrt(12).

to place the 2 under the square root sign, you would have to square it, because 2 = sqrt(4).


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