SOLUTION: Can you please explain the difference between {{{sqrt(3)/sqrt(-5)}}} and sqrt{{{(3/-5)}}} Why are the answers supposed to be different? I got -{{{sqrt(3)}}}/{{{sqrt(5)}}}i for bot

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Question 987109: Can you please explain the difference between and sqrt
Why are the answers supposed to be different? I got -/i for both.
Thanks!

Answer by josgarithmetic(39617)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!


The left member is a complex number with an imaginary part; the right member is a complex number without any imaginary part. is an imaginary number, since , and is imaginary.

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