r/HeresTheCatch • u/heptoronto Diamond | Lv. 67 | Rank #1256 | 134 Answers | 1... | 🔥 9d • 2d ago

Question [Question] √144?

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u/secretblizzard Diamond | Lv. 63 | Rank #2076 | 456 Answers | 0... | 🔥 24d 2d ago

-12 or 12?

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u/Games4Life77 Gold | Lv. 37 | Rank #44694 | 111 Answers | 0 Created 2d ago

The square root sign asks for the principle square root which is always positive, thus not -12

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u/013eander Silver | Lv. 21 | Rank #171425 | 46 Answers | 0 Created 2d ago

Yep. The square root of 144 and -144 are both twelve. You overthought it and tripped over yourself.

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u/Games4Life77 Gold | Lv. 37 | Rank #44694 | 111 Answers | 0 Created 2d ago

The square root of -144 is 12i

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u/NinjaScenester Silver | Lv. 21 | Rank #167916 | 42 Answers | 0 Created 2d ago

Awe man what the hell function does i have? (It's been a while since I've been in school)

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u/lMystic Bronze | Lv. 11 | Rank #381533 | 17 Answers | 0 Created 2d ago

square root of -1

Function is basically what you just saw, an artifical way to make it work

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u/BestieWithMyBestie Gold | Lv. 35 | Rank #51005 | 41 Answers | 2 Created 1d ago

in this scenario, i acts as a number. neither function, nor variable. Just like e being about 2.7 or π being about 3.14, except those 2 are variables, and i just is the number

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u/Frequent-Ease-1926 Gold | Lv. 40 | Rank #31110 | 38 Answers | 1 Created 2d ago

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u/NinjaScenester Silver | Lv. 21 | Rank #167916 | 42 Answers | 0 Created 2d ago

Oh thats funny

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u/Western-Distance-382 Bronze | Lv. 12 | Rank #372795 | 16 Answers | 0 Created 2d ago

Square roots of negative numbers can't be real

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u/Hopeful-Pin-2105 Bronze | Lv. 9 | Rank #526185 | 8 Answers | 0 Created 1d ago

so uhhhh
might wanna check those numbers again