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A negative number times a negative number is a positive number. Thus, there is no number that can be multiplied by itself to get -4. For this reason, the square root of -4 is not a real number.
Elementary Algebra
by Kaufmann, Jerome; Schwitters, Karen;
Published by
Cengage Learning
ISBN 10:
1285194055
ISBN 13:
978-1-28519-405-9
Chapter 9 - Roots and Radicals - 9.1 - Roots and Radicals - Problem Set 9.1 - Page 402: 88
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