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The square root of a negative value is called an imaginary number.

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Is the square root a real number?

The square roots of any positive real number are a positive and a negative real number. The square roots of any negative real number are a positive and a negative imaginary number. The square roots of any imaginary number or any complex number are two complex numbers.


Can you square an integer and get a negative number?

No. The square of a positive number is positive; the square of a negative number is also positive; and the square of zero is zero. If you want to square a number and get a negative result, you need complex numbers. For example, the square of 2i is -4.


Is the square root of negative 195 rational?

No, it is a complex number.


What is the square root of negative 144?

The negative square root of -144 is -12i - that is -12 times the square root of minus 1, ie √-144 = 12√-1. The above is a complex number, which I suspect is not the answer you wanted; there is no real number that is the square root of a negative number If you wanted the negative square root of 144, then it is -12.


Is the square root of negative 127 an irrational or rational number?

Neither. (It is a complex number.)


What are positive square roots called?

They are called real numbers. Negative square roots must be complex numbers.


Is the square root of -100 rational?

The square root of 100 is rational since it is not repeating.


Where you use complex number?

Complex numbers are the square roots of negative numbers. i.e. root -1 = i


Is the square root of negative two an irrational number?

No, it is an imaginary number which is a complex number.


What is the i part of a complex number?

The "i" part is the imaginary square root of negative one.


Is the square root of negative 64 irrational?

No. It is a complex number, but that is something different.


What is the number i?

i is the symbol for an imaginary number, a complex number with the property i2=-1. The square root of a negative number is the square root times i. For example, the square root of -9 = 3i.