SOLUTION: please help me simplify this problem and show all work sqrt (-25) simplify

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: please help me simplify this problem and show all work sqrt (-25) simplify This question is from textbook

Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

Solved by pluggable solver: Simplifying Square Roots (whole numbers only)

Start with the given expression

Factor out a negative 1

Break up the square roots using the identity

Replace with (remember )

Now lets simplify :

Since 25 is a perfect square, we can take the square root of 25 to get a clean number

So simplifies to (just reintroduce back in)

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