The answer is obtained using de Moivre's theorem.Suppose you have a complex number z = x + iy
z can also be expressed, in polar coordinates, as r*cos(T) + i*r*sin(T) where
r = sqrt(x^2 + y^2) is the magnitude of z
and
T = arctan(y/x).
Suppose w = sqrt(z)
then magnitude of w = sqrt of the magnitude of z = |sqrt(r)| = q, say
and U = T/2
so that w = q*cos(U) + i*q*sin(U).
Similarly, the cube root of z would be cubert(|z|)*cos(T/3) + i*cubert(|z|)*sin(T/3), and so on.
The symbol "i" is an imaginary number used in algebra, equal to the square root of negative one.
i is often used to denote the [imaginary] square root of -1. It can also be the unit vector in the horizontal direction.
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A negative number cannot have a square root in basic mathematics. However, in more advanced mathematics, you will study complex numbers. And there you will find that the square roots of -80 are ± 8.944*i where i is the imaginary square root of -1.Incidentally, ± 8.944 are the square roots of +80.
It is probably a quiz question with nothing to do with mathematics.
i is an imaginary number which equals the square root of -1. i squared is simply -1.
For most school mathematics, negative numbers do not have square roots. This is because a negative number multiplied by itself is a negative times a negative and so is positive. When (if) you study advanced mathematics, you will learn that there is a solution and this falls within the realms of complex mathematics and imaginary numbers.
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The square root of 100 is rational since it is not repeating.
This depends on whether you include imaginary numbers. The imaginary unit i is defined such that i² = -1. So the square root of -1 will be either i or -i. So the answer is there are 2 square roots for any number. Now if you are at a level of mathematics, which does not yet consider i, then the answer is you cannot take the square root of a negative.
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The square root of 100 is rational since it is not repeating. No. The square root of a negative number is not a real number, but an imaginary number, because no real number squared equals a negative number. The square root of a negative number is a so-called IMAGINARY number