SOLUTION: How would you simplify the radical: -2 times y to the 4th power times the square root of 25 times y to the 5th power?

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Question 398484: How would you simplify the radical: -2 times y to the 4th power times the square root of 25 times y to the 5th power?
Answer by stanbon(75887) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
-2 times y to the 4th power times the square root of 25 times y to the 5th power?
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-2*y^4*sqrt(25y^5)
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= -2y^4*5y^2sqrt(y)
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= -10y^6*sqrt(y)
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OR
= -10y^(13/2)
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Cheers,
Stan H.