Evaluate - square root of 0.04

$- \sqrt{0.04}$

Step 1

Rewrite $0.04$ as ${0.2}^{2}$ .

$- \sqrt{{0.2}^{2}}$

Step 2

Pull terms out from under the radical, assuming positive real numbers.

$- 1 \cdot 0.2$

Step 3

Multiply $- 1$ by $0.2$ .

$- 0.2$