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Is the square root of any real number always a real number?
No, it is not, because real numbers include negative numbers. The square root of a negative number is an imaginary number
Are real numbers closed under the square root operation?
No. Negative numbers are real but their square roots are not.
Is the square root of negative 3 an irrational or a real number?
Neither. All irrational numbers are real numbers.Using the real number system you can't take the square root of a negative number, but if you're dealing with imaginary numbers then the square root of negative 3 is the square root of 3i
How many square roots do negative numbers have?
Negative numbers do not have "real number" square roots.However, they will have two roots (when using imaginary numbers) as do other numbers, where a root including i(square root of -1) is positive or negative.
Why is it possible to find a real cube root of a negative number but not a real square root of a negative number?
You cannot get real square root of a negative number because two numbers multiplied by themselves are always positive You can always get a real cube root of a negative number because three negative numbers multiplied by themselves give a negative .
Is non-real numbers exist?
no, every number is a real number --- There are numbers that are not real numbers. They are called imaginary numbers, and have the property that when they are squared, the result is negative. The square root of -1 is called i, and the square root of any other negative number is i times the square root of the absolute value of the number. So the square root of -4 is 2i.
What are characteristics of square root functions?
There are two square root functions from the non-negative real numbers to either the non-negative real numbers (Quadrant I) or to the non-positive real numbers (Quadrant IV). The two functions are symmetrical about the horizontal axis.
How can there be a square root of a negative number?
Square roots of negative numbers are what are called imaginary numbers. The building block of imaginary numbers is the symbol i which is defined as the square root of negative 1. The square root of other negative numbers can be expressed using i. For example, the square root of negative sixteen is 4i, the square root of negative nine is 3i and so on.
Why is square root of the number -9 not a real number?
For the same reason that the square root of ANY negative number is not a real number.Real numbers are positive, negative, or zero. * The square of a positive number is a positive number. * The square of a negative number is a positive number. * The square of zero is zero. In other words, in no case will you get a REAL number whose square is a negative number. The square roots of negative numbers are said to be "imaginary" - a name given for historical reasons. They are just as "real" or "unreal" as the so-called real numbers, but the point is that they are a different kind of numbers.
What is the square root of negative forty nine?
The square root of negative forty-nine (-49) has no value over real numbers. However, over complex numbers, the square root of -49 is ±7i, where "i" is the imaginary unit, which i2 = -1.
What is examples of real numbers?
First of all, the correct grammar is to say "What areexamples of real numbers?" not "What is". Real numbers are any number from negative infinity to positive infinity. These include 1.555, 3, -6, -563.786, 10, etc. The only numbers that are no real numbers are imaginary numbers which involve the square root of negative numbers. It is immpossible to take the square root of a negative number so those numbers are not real.
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.)
