SOLUTION: Please help me solve this and write it in standard form: (-2+sqrt-11)^2

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Question 809666: Please help me solve this and write it in standard form: (-2+sqrt-11)^2
Answer by rothauserc(4718) About Me  (Show Source):
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(-2+sqrt-11)^2 = (-2+sqrt-11) * (-2+sqrt-11)
note that i = square root (-1) and i^2 = -1
doing the multiplication we get
4 -4*square root(-11) -11
-(4i*square root(11) +7)