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Is it possible to calculate the square root of a negative number?

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Answer:

It is impossible to find the square root of negative one, or the square root of any negative number, because no number times itself can equal a negative number.

Explanation:

The square root of a negative number does not exist among the set of Real Numbers.

When problems with negatives under a square root first appeared, mathematicians thought that a solution did not exist. They saw equations such as x2 + 1 = 0, and wondered what the solution n3 really meant.

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Answer: It is impossible to find the square root of negative one, or the square root of any negative number because no number times itself can equal a negative number.

Explanation:

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