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Rewrite square root of -49 -4 in complex number notation please help

Rewrite square root of -49 -4 in complex number notation please help-example-1
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Note that if
i^2=-1 than
i=√(-1),

Also note that
√(ab)=√(a)√(b)

So we have,


√(-49)=√(-1)√(49)=\boxed{7i}

and,


√(-4)=√(-1)√(4)=\boxed{2i}

Hope this helps.

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