Simplify - square root of 32

$- \sqrt{32}$

Step 1

Rewrite $32$ as $4^{2} \cdot 2$ .

Factor $16$ out of $32$ .

$- \sqrt{16 (2)}$

Rewrite $16$ as $4^{2}$ .

$- \sqrt{4^{2} \cdot 2}$

$- \sqrt{4^{2} \cdot 2}$

Step 2

Pull terms out from under the radical.

$- (4 \sqrt{2})$

Step 3

Multiply $4$ by $- 1$ .

$- 4 \sqrt{2}$

Step 4

The result can be shown in multiple forms.

Exact Form:

$- 4 \sqrt{2}$

Decimal Form:

$- 5.65685424 \dots$

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