SOLUTION: Can you please tell me the answer to 5i to the fourth power? I think it is 625. My thought is, if "i" is involved, and a number is to an even power, then it is a positive number.

Question 431744: Can you please tell me the answer to 5i to the fourth power? I think it is 625. My thought is, if "i" is involved, and a number is to an even power, then it is a positive number. If it is to an odd power, then it is a negative number.
Answer by richard1234(7193) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
It is 625. But i to an even power is not always positive, and i to an odd number is always imaginary. Basically,

and so on.
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