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OpenStudy (anonymous):

√-80 Simplify

OpenStudy (johnweldon1993):

No answer....you cannot take the square root of a negative number (unless you're dealing with imaginary numbers already, but I don't think you are quite yet)

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Yea we are actually lol im 17 and a junior in high skool..but i just get confused when it comes to imaginary numbers

OpenStudy (johnweldon1993):

Oh okay...well do it normally as if that 80 was positive simplify that...you know 16 times 5 is 80.. so √16 √5 you know the √16 is 4 so you have 4√5 BUT this is IMAGINARY! because this is of √80 not √-80 so your answer will be 4i √5

OpenStudy (anonymous):

thank you

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