SOLUTION: I need your help on solving this, "Express sqrt -40 in terms of i.

SOLUTION: I need your help on solving this, "Express sqrt -40 in terms of i.

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Question 762669: I need your help on solving this, "Express sqrt -40 in terms of i.
Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

When you have a minus inside the square root,
you have to split it up into 2 factors:

Then you use the definition:

So you have:

Now do another factoring:

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