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Multiply the number by its self and the answer will always be positive (negative times a negative is positive)

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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.


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.


The square of any negative numbers is?

negative always


All positive numbers have two square root a positive and a negative why?

The product of two negative numbers is a positive number. Ergo, the product of the square of a number is equal to the square of its negative equivalent.


How many square roots dose a negative number have?

no,a negative number cannot have a square root .it is made only for positive numbers .but,yes,negative numbers can be squared.


Can you square root negative numbers?

No,because how many times do you have to multiply negative 1 by to get negative 1? You can't do that. Negative numbers don't have square roots. The operation's undefined. Yes, actually you can.


Why don't negative numbers have square roots?

They can, but they are called imaginary numbers. This is because a "square" of something is the number that, when multiplied by itself, will equal the first number. A negative multiplied by a negative equals a positive, and positives can't turn into negatives on their own, so there are no square roots of negative numbers.


Are there any square roots of negative numbers?

imaginary numbers. but no, not really.


What are non examples of real numbers?

The square roots of negative numbers.


Are real numbers closed under the square root operation?

No. Negative numbers are real but their square roots are not.


What are positive square roots called?

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


Is the square root of negative 6 irrational?

No, it is not irrational because it is a square root of a negative number - which falls into the set of Complex numbers. Irrational numbers can not have an imaginary component.