document.write( "Question 779116: Simplify:
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Algebra.Com's Answer #475073 by fcabanski(1391)\"\" \"About 
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There is no real number square root of -8, because any number times itself is a positive number.


\n" ); document.write( "There is an imaginary number, i, such that \"i+=+sqrt%28-1%29\"


\n" ); document.write( "\"sqrt%28-8%29+=+sqrt%28-1%2A2%2A4%29+=+2i%2Asqrt%282%29\"


\n" ); document.write( "\"6%2B+sqrt+%28-8%29+=+6%2B2i%2Asqrt%282%29+=+2%283%2Bi%2Asqrt%282%29%29\" \n" ); document.write( "

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