Question
Calculate the value
−402
Alternative Form
≈−56.568542
Evaluate
18−240
Simplify the root
More Steps

Evaluate
18
Write the expression as a product where the root of one of the factors can be evaluated
9×2
Write the number in exponential form with the base of 3
32×2
The root of a product is equal to the product of the roots of each factor
32×2
Reduce the index of the radical and exponent with 2
32
32−240
Cancel out the common factor 3
2−80
Use b−a=−ba=−ba to rewrite the fraction
−280
Multiply by the Conjugate
2×2−802
When a square root of an expression is multiplied by itself,the result is that expression
2−802
Solution
−402
Alternative Form
≈−56.568542
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