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OpenStudy (nicia99):

explain why there are no solutions to the quadratic equation x^2=-9

OpenStudy (anonymous):

because of the negative sign

OpenStudy (anonymous):

x=sqrt(-9) there is no number that if you multiply it by itself will give negative

Nnesha (nnesha):

okay so there are two ways to solve this question you can't say that there no solution there are imaginary numbers

Nnesha (nnesha):

|dw:1426097725495:dw| when you factor square root of 9 you should get square of 1 and square root of 9 and square root of -1 = i \[\huge\rm \sqrt{-1} = i\]

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