document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=32746>Question 32746</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> I've been helping a struggling Algebra 2 student and today he brought home problems about imaginary numbers.  I can't remember for the life of me how this works.  Here's the problem:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The square root of -36, over the square root of -4. </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #19193 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=marshalltamika><B>marshalltamika(3)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/iconNewId_16x16.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=marshalltamika><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=19193\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> With complex numbers the thing to remember is i^2=-1.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "So from this information the square root of -36 would be 6i and the square root of -4 would be 2i.  Now when you divide them you should get 3 as your answer. </SPAN>\n" );
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