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Ballery1:

just a quick math question??

NAGC:

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Moon:

when you square the -sqrt(3) the negative sign is cancelled out

Hero:

Nopes, you're squaring a negative number. Remember the rule \((ab)^2 = a^2b^2\) The negative is not just a negative. It is \(-1\). So \(a = -1\) and \(b = \sqrt{3}\) If you square any number it becomes positive.

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