That greatly depends on what level of math you are taking. Early math classes might want you to say, "You can't take the square root of a negative number." Later math will talk about real numbers and still the answer would be, "The square root of -4 does not have a real answer." Still later in your math career you will see imaginary numbers whereby the special character "i" is equivalent the the square root of -1. If imaginary answers are allowed, then the square root of -4 = 2i (since -4 is the same as -1 x 4, the square root of -1 x 4 = i x 2 =2i)
it is impossible to get the square root of a negative, since the definition of a square root is something times itself. example: the square root of 16 is 4 because 4 x 4 = 16. and a negative times a negative is a positive, so the square root of a negative is impossible. however, you can do the square root of 121 (which is 11) and make the 11 a negative. 11 x 11 = 121 and -11 x -11 = 121 but you could make 11 negative after the fact, if that is what you wanted to do.
Positive 4 and Negative 4
The square root of negative 40 is: 6.324555 i
√4 × 16 = ±2 × 16 = ±32 (though the √ symbol normally means the positive square root). √(4 × 16) = √64 = ±8
If the positive square root (for example, square root of 2) is irrational, then the corresponding negative square root (for example, minus square root of 2) is also irrational.
It depends on whether you take the positive square root of 4 (YES) or the negative square root of 4 (No).
The square root of -1 is the imaginary number i.So the square root of -4 = 2i
4 square root of -9 = 4 square root of (-1)(9) = 4 square root of (i29) = 4(3i) = 12i
The negative square root of 16 can be either +4 or -4 . Both are correct.
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it is impossible to get the square root of a negative, since the definition of a square root is something times itself. example: the square root of 16 is 4 because 4 x 4 = 16. and a negative times a negative is a positive, so the square root of a negative is impossible. however, you can do the square root of 121 (which is 11) and make the 11 a negative. 11 x 11 = 121 and -11 x -11 = 121 but you could make 11 negative after the fact, if that is what you wanted to do.
-28(square root)10
The square root of a negative real number is an imaginary number.We know square root is defined only for positive numbers.For example,1) Find the square root of (-1)It is imaginary. We say that square root of (-1) is i.In fact they are not real numbers.2) Find the square root of (-4)-4 can be written as (-1)(4)Square root of 4 is 2 and square root of (-1) is iSo, the square root of -4 is 2i.Similarly, we can find the square root of other negative numbers also.Source: www.icoachmath.comAn imaginary number is defined to handle square roots of negative numbers. The imaginary unit i is defined as the 'positive' square root of -1.
-16 i think
Every number has two square roots ... a positive one and a negative one. Example: +2 and -2 are both square roots of 4, because when you multiply either of them by itself, the answer is 4. The positive square root of a number is the square root that's not negative. The non-negative square root of a number is the positive one.
Positive 4 and Negative 4
The negative square root of 16 is -4. It can be written as the ratio of 792 to -198, so it's rational.