To get from −8 − 8 to the answer you really want, just take the absolute value! That is, to find the distance between<span> any </span>two<span> real numbers: subtract them in any order</span>
After staring at this for a few seconds, I think the equation
![-5\sqrt{10}\cdot\sqrt{15}=[1]\sqrt{[2]}](https://tex.z-dn.net/?f=-5%5Csqrt%7B10%7D%5Ccdot%5Csqrt%7B15%7D%3D%5B1%5D%5Csqrt%7B%5B2%5D%7D)
is asking you to simplify the left hand side so that it has a form matching the right hand side, and [1] and [2] are placeholders. My guess is that they're supposed to be integers.
Notice that



Then multiplying by -5, we have

so I believe [1] = -25, and [2] = 6.
V=lwh
v/lw=h
thats what it is.