SOLUTION: please tell me how to do square roots of nehative numbers

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Question 349256: please tell me how to do square roots of nehative numbers
Found 2 solutions by nyc_function, josmiceli:
Answer by nyc_function(2741) About Me  (Show Source):
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Answer by josmiceli(19441) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Square roots of negative numbers are called imaginary
numbers. A complex number has an imaginary part
which includes sqrt%28-1%29 and a real part which is
just an ordinary number.
The complex numbers are plotted on what is called the
complex plane. If this is too much, just remember
i+=+sqrt%28-1%29
i%5E2+=+-1
i%5E3+=+-sqrt%28-1%29
i%5E4+=+%2B1
and this cycle just repeats over and over
You can turn any square root of a negative number
into a number times sqrt%28-1%29, as follows:
sqrt%28-47%29+=+sqrt%2847%29%2Asqrt%28-1%29
+sqrt%2847%29%2Asqrt%28-1%29+=+sqrt%2847%29%2Ai
or
sqrt%28-81%29+=+3%2Asqrt%28-1%29
3%2Asqrt%28-1%29+=+3i