SOLUTION: What is the answer to -3 on the outside of the square root of 120?

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Question 68801This question is from textbook Algebra 1
: What is the answer to -3 on the outside of the square root of 120?This question is from textbook Algebra 1

Answer by jim_thompson5910(21667) About Me  (Show Source):
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Well if you're looking to simplify the expression you should find the perfect squares that are also factors of 120. The only perfect square that will work is 4, so -3%2Asqrt%28120%29 can be written as -3%2Asqrt%284%2A30%29.
Since a square root of a product is a product of square roots, (ie. sqrt%28xy%29=sqrt%28x%29%2Asqrt%28y%29), the expression then becomes -3%2Asqrt%284%29%2Asqrt%2830%29
Since 4 is a perfect square, the square root is 2, the expression becomes

-3%2A2%2Asqrt%2830%29.
Further simplication leaves the answer
-6%2Asqrt%2830%29.