document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=245888>Question 245888</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Decide whether or not the radical expression represents a real number.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "-sqrt-141 </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "I think you mean:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ -\sqrt{-141}\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "In which case, no this is not a real number because\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ -141\ =\ (-1)(141)\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "so\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ -\sqrt{-141}\ =\ -\sqrt{(-1)(141)}\ =\ -i\sqrt{141}\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "In the future, please use parentheses to make it clear what you are trying to communicate.  To the extent that I guessed correctly as to your original meaning, you should have rendered it thus:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "-sqrt(-141)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "John<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE e^{i\pi} + 1 = 0\"><BR>\n" );
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