SOLUTION: hello I am looking to see what the square root of -171 would be I am getting multiple different answers using calculator. The problem I am working on is deviation from the mean and

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Question 1163184: hello I am looking to see what the square root of -171 would be I am getting multiple different answers using calculator. The problem I am working on is deviation from the mean and the mean is -171 that has to be squared. I am getting 13 one time i get invalid and i have gotten 29241. This is for a math problem I am struggling with any help is greatly appreciated
Answer by ikleyn(52769)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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W A R N I N G  (!)
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Square root of  -171  is an  IMAGINARY  number in complex domain.

It is  NOT  a real number  (!)



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