This lesson dives into simplifying the square root of negative numbers using 'i', the principal square root of -1. We'll explore how to rewrite negative numbers as products, and use prime …

Square roots can be both because the factors are the same number and same value, and also because positive*positive = positive squared and negative*negative = negative squared.

If you are simplifying square roots, you do not have to use prime factors. If you can find the perfect squares without going all the way down to prime factors, that's ok.

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Learn how to find the cube root of negative 512 by breaking it down into prime factors. When we find groups of three of the same factor, we know that's a factor of the cube root. It helps to …

The default for a square root is to use the Principal Root, which is the positive root. If a problem wants you to use the negative root, there will be a "-" in front of the square root.

They might say the negative, let me scroll up a little bit, they might say something like the negative square root of nine. Well, that's going to be equal to negative three.

Remember if we just wrote the square root symbol here, that means the principal root, or just the positive square root. But here P could be positive or negative, because if you square it, if you …

The video explores the intriguing concept of imaginary numbers, specifically the imaginary unit 'i'. 'i' is equal to the square root of -1, and every complex number can be expressed as a + bi, …

Learn about the imaginary unit i, about the imaginary numbers, and about square roots of negative numbers.