What is the value of - √484?

Select one:

a. 242

b. 22

c. - 22

d. - 242

It will be C.-22 believe

It'll be - 22.

Radicals cannot normally be negative. But the question is asking for the negative of a certain radical, not for a negative radical. It isn't asking, for example, for √-484. It is asking for - (√484).

So √484 is 22, and - (22) is - 22.