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OpenStudy (anonymous):

can negative numbers have square roots

OpenStudy (anonymous):

no

OpenStudy (anonymous):

ive seen it before...

OpenStudy (anonymous):

such as \[\sqrt{-3}\] is an imaginary number not a real number since it's square root do not exist

OpenStudy (anonymous):

got it thehumangod

OpenStudy (anonymous):

no all numbers squared cancel out the negative. It's illegal....

OpenStudy (anonymous):

so sq. rt of (x- 5) = 3 only answer is 14 right

OpenStudy (anonymous):

yuppp!(:

OpenStudy (anonymous):

right

OpenStudy (anonymous):

yes

OpenStudy (anonymous):

\[\sqrt{14-5}=\sqrt{9}=3\]

OpenStudy (anonymous):

got itttttttttttt

OpenStudy (anonymous):

sq. rt of ( 2x - 1) = x. would this also only have one answer?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

yes the answer is 1

OpenStudy (anonymous):

ok thanks i got it

OpenStudy (phi):

The square root of -1 is defined as \[\sqrt{-1}=i\] then we would, for example, write \[\sqrt{-9}=\sqrt{9}\cdot \sqrt{-1}= 3i\]

OpenStudy (phi):

A famous equation using the square root of -1: \[e^{i \pi}+1=0\]

OpenStudy (anonymous):

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