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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.)


Can you take the square root of a negative number?

You can, if you consider complex numbers.


What are positive square roots called?

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


Where you use complex number?

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


Is the square root of -100 rational?

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


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.


Is the square root of negative two an irrational number?

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