Recall the basic Algebraic transformations. If we know the graph of \(f\left( x \right)\) then the graph of \( - f\left( x \right)\) is simply the graph of \(f\left( x \right)\) reflected about the \(x\)-axis.

So, in our case if \(f\left( x \right) = \sqrt x \) we can see that,

and so the graph we’re being asked to sketch is the graph of the square root function reflected about the \(x\)-axis.

Here is the graph of \(R\left( x \right) = - \sqrt x \) (the solid curve) and note that to help see the transformation we have also sketched in the graph of \(f\left( x \right) = \sqrt x \) (the dashed curve).