SOLUTION: What is the conjugate of {{{-2/i^3}}} ? I understand what a conjugate is, and I understand that an imaginary number is the square root of a negative number but, I don't understa

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Question 973354: What is the conjugate of ?
I understand what a conjugate is, and I understand that an imaginary number is the square root of a negative number but, I don't understand how you can cube an imaginary number.


Answer by macston(5194)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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We can multiply by i/i and get=-2i
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is defined as -1, so-1*i=-i
However, you can only find the conjugate of a binomial:
you must have two terms.

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