Precalculus Examples

$| \sqrt{5} - 5 |$

Step 1

$\sqrt{5} - 5$ is approximately $- 2.76393202$ which is negative so negate $\sqrt{5} - 5$ and remove the absolute value

$- (\sqrt{5} - 5)$

Step 2

Apply the distributive property.

$- \sqrt{5} - - 5$

Step 3

Multiply $- 1$ by $- 5$ .

$- \sqrt{5} + 5$

Step 4

The result can be shown in multiple forms.

Exact Form:

$- \sqrt{5} + 5$

Decimal Form:

$2.76393202 \dots$