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Yes. But until you study complex numbers, there is no solution.

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What is the name of a square root of a negative number?

I'm not quite sure, but when the number inside the radical (square root sign) is negative, there is a no real-number solution.


What is the Square root of negative 400?

- (400^.5) = -(20) = -20 you just do the square root of the number, and attach the negative in front. and if you ever include the negative inside the square root, you'd have to deal with i, which is an imaginary number that signifies the square root of negative 1.


How do you find negative square root of 49?

You don't. If the negative sign is outside the radical, then you take the square root of the number and apply the negative. If the negative sign is inside the radical, you will have an imaginary number.


How do you do a square root of a negative number that is not a perfect square?

The square root of a negative number is not real.


Why is it impossible to square a negative number?

you can square a negative number but you can not square root a negative number


What is the square root of a negative number plus the square root of a negative number?

Nothing. You cannot have a square root of a negative number. The square root of negative one is called i, but i is an imaginary number. It does not exist and does not follow the properties of real numbers. (For example, if a and b are positive, then the square root of a times the square root of b is the square root of ab. But the square root of -7 is not the square root of 7 times i.)


How do you find the negative square root of 5?

A negative square root is an imaginary number.


How do you get the square root of negative 144?

square root of a negative number is imaginary square root of negative 1 is defined as i square root of negative 144 is sqrt ((144)(-1)) = 12i


Is the square root of negative 11 a real number?

No. In general, the square root of a negative number is an imaginary number, which is not a real number.


What is a negative square root defined as?

If you're referring to the square root of a negative number, it's an imaginary number.


Is negative the square root of 36 a whole number?

Negative the square root of 36 is -6, which is a whole number.


What is the square root of a negative number written in the form bi where b is a real number and you is the square root of the negative?

Imaginary number