please work:

square root -8 times ( square root of -3 minus square root of -5)
I'm getting wrong answer.

<-8 ( <-3 - <-5)

< -8 x (-3) = < 24

< -8 x <-5 = 40

< 24-40 = < -16

i <16

not the right answer. I used < to symbolize square root.

you left out sqrt root on the 40
and you cant do sqrt(a-b) = sqrt(a) -sqrt(b)

worst notation ever

bonus points:

• starts as an expression
• becomes an equation
• becomes an expression

do you mean sqrt(-8*[sqrt(-3)-sqrt(-5)]) ?

in that case you would start with sqrt(-8*[i*sqrt(3)-i*sqrt(5)])=sqrt(-8*i*(-1)*[sqrt(5)-sqrt(3)])=sqrt(8)*sqrt(i)*[sqrt(5)-sqrt(3)]

now you have the identiy sqrt(i)=[sqrt(2)/2]*(1+i) with sqrt(8)=sqrt(2)*2 you can simplify to

2*(1+i)*[sqrt(5)-sqrt(3)

and i leave the rest to you