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Simplify negative square root of 72

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Answer: -6√2

Explanation: You’ll have to find where the original product can be rooted. 36 & 2. 36 is a perfect square, so it becomes 6.

Then 6 is on the outside, while two is inside.
Don’t forget the negative.
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