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How do you simplify #-11sqrt242#?

Answer 1

Kennedy Adams

Find the perfect square factors of the number under the radicand and take them out.

#-11sqrt(242) #

#= -11sqrt(11^2xx2)#

#=-11xx11xxsqrt(2)#

#=-121sqrt(2)#

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Answer 2

Eli Assouline

To simplify ( -11\sqrt{242} ), you can first find the prime factorization of ( 242 ) to be ( 2 \times 11^2 ). Then, you can rewrite the expression as ( -11 \times \sqrt{2 \times 11^2} ). Finally, simplify it to ( -11 \times 11\sqrt{2} ), which is ( -121\sqrt{2} ).

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Answer from HIX Tutor

When evaluating a one-sided limit, you need to be careful when a quantity is approaching zero since its sign is different depending on which way it is approaching zero from. Let us look at some examples.