Question

How do you rationalize negative square root 3/5?

Answer 1

sqrt(-1) = i

Answer 2

Is that the answer?

Answer 3

no I'm letting you know that \[\sqrt{-1* 3/5} =.....\]

Answer 4

Oh I was wondering....

Answer 5

My calculator doesn't do negative uner the square root it says error

Answer 6

I understand, but this is to fundamentally understand that a -1 under a square root is = to i

Answer 7

Oh I know that but the negative is outside of the square root

Answer 8

I learned I last year

Answer 9

definition: \[\sqrt{(-1)} = i \] using that definition, you should have something like this \[\sqrt{(-3/5)} = \sqrt{(-1)}\sqrt{(3/5)}\] applying the definition you get \[i \sqrt{(3/5)}\]