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Solve this question please: x² = -169​

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Answer:

13i, -13i

Explanation:

To solve this equation, we need to take the square root of both sides. The square root of 169 can be either 13 or -13, but this time, they asked for -169. Whenever we take the square root of a negative number, we put the letter i, which stands for imaginary. It is never capitalized, so we remove the negative sign from -169, and take the square root of that. We get -13 and 13 as our answers, and we multiply both numbers by i to get -13i and 13i. Any solutions with i in it are considered complex solutions

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