SOLUTION: Simplify: 6+ sqrt (-8) there is no sq rt of 8?

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Question 779116: Simplify:
6+ sqrt (-8)
there is no sq rt of 8?


Answer by fcabanski(1391)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
There is no real number square root of -8, because any number times itself is a positive number.


There is an imaginary number, i, such that




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