SOLUTION: Please help me solve this: Find the square root that is a real number -√(-25)

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Question 687937: Please help me solve this:
Find the square root that is a real number
-√(-25)

Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
You cannot take the square root of a negative number and get a real number.

So = no real number

However, if you have learned about complex numbers, then











So

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