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Q: Can a square root ever be negative?
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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 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


What is the square root of negative 37?

The square root of negative 37 is: ~6.0827 i


What is the square root of negative 168?

The square root of negative 168 is: ~12.9315 i


What is the square root of negative 40?

The square root of negative 40 is: 6.324555 i


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.


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.)


Is negative 64 square root of an integer?

Negative 64 is the square root of an integer. The square root of -64 is not an integer.


What is an example of a rational number between the negative square root of four and the square root of four?

-1,0,or 1 the negative square root of four is negative two and the square root of four is two


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.


Square root of negative 24 Times Square root of negative 24?

24


How do you find the negative square root of 5?

A negative square root is an imaginary number.