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Four times the square of a positive number exceeds 8 times the number by 12 Find the number?
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4n2 = 8n + 12
n2 - 2n - 3 = 0
(n - 3)(n + 1) = 0
n = -1, 3
Since it has to be positive, the answer is 3.
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What is a number that is a square root of a negative number?
I think it is Xi (whatever the square root of the positive is times i). i is an imaginary number that when you square it, it becomes negative. eg. the square root of -4 is 2i. Without "i", it would be impossible to square root a negative number, as any number times itself will always equal a positive.
How do you square negative numbers?
Multiply the number by its self and the answer will always be positive (negative times a negative is positive)
Why cant you evaluate the square root of negative twenty five using real numbers?
using basic math principles, you can't find the square root of a negative number because in order for a number to be a square root, you have to multiply it by itself to get your radical. since a negative times a negative and a positive times a positive are both positive, it is impossible to find the square root of a negative number
Is it possible to find the square root of a negative number in the real number system?
No. There is no real number which multiplied by itself forms a negative number.A negative times a negative is a positive, and only a positive times a negative is a negative.However, in calculus there is an "imaginary value" (called i ) which represents the square root of -1.Square roots of larger negative numbers are represented by the square of the absolute value times i .
How do you find the negative square root of a number?
It is not possible for a negative number to have a square root. Any square root is the number that, when you multiply it by ITSELF it will equal the number you are square rooting. Example: The square root of 4 is 2. 2 times itself(2x2) is 4. Negative numbers are imposable to square root because the square root cannot be multiplied by its opposite ( i.e. -2 times 2 or 4 times -4), it must be multiplied by itself. Any positive multiplied by a positive is a positive, and any negative multiplied by a negative is a positive. So any number times ITSELF will always be a positive. ( i.e. -4 time -4 is 16 as 4 times 4 is also sixteen.) If a squared square root is always positive then a negative number cannot have a square root. It's imposable.* * * * *True for basic mathematics but not so for more advanced mathematics. There is a whole area of mathematics called complex mathematics which is based on the square root of negative numbers. The square root of -1 is defined as i.
Why is any number raised to a even power positive?
A positive number times a positive number is always positive. A negative number times a negative number is always positive. Therefore, any square number will be positive. Any number to the fourth power (a square times a square) will always be positive. And so on.
Why is the square of a number always a positive number?
The square of a number is always two numbers multiplied together. A positive times a positive is always positive, and a negative times a negative is always positive.
Three times the square of a certain positive number exceeds six times the number by nine Find the number?
The problem can be written as3x2 = 6x + 9x is the number we want to findSolution:x2 = 2x + 3x2 - 2x - 3 = 0(x-3)(x+1) = 0x = -1, 3
What is a number that is a square root of a negative number?
I think it is Xi (whatever the square root of the positive is times i). i is an imaginary number that when you square it, it becomes negative. eg. the square root of -4 is 2i. Without "i", it would be impossible to square root a negative number, as any number times itself will always equal a positive.
Three times the square of a certain positive number exceeds six times the number by nine. Find the number?
3x2 - 9 = 6x 3x2 - 6x - 9 = 0 3(x + 1)(x - 3) x = -1, 3 The answer is 3. Check it. 27 - 9 = 18 It checks.
How do you square negative numbers?
Multiply the number by its self and the answer will always be positive (negative times a negative is positive)
Why is it impossible to get a negative answer when you square any number?
V kno that- x- is +. Now when u sqare a negative no it means occouring 2 times and cancel out each other. For example- -2 x -2=4 ============================ (a second answer.) Every real number is either negative, positive or zero. When you square a number, you multiply it by itself, so if you square a negative number, you are multiplying a negative by a negative which gives a positive. If you square a positive, you multiply a positive by a positive and get a positive. If you square 0 , get 0. Therefore, in no case is the answer negative. ( It is harder to explain why a negative times a negative is positive.)
Why cant you evaluate the square root of negative twenty five using real numbers?
using basic math principles, you can't find the square root of a negative number because in order for a number to be a square root, you have to multiply it by itself to get your radical. since a negative times a negative and a positive times a positive are both positive, it is impossible to find the square root of a negative number
When 18 is subtracted from the square of a number, the result is 3 times the number. Find the positive solution?
The number you are referring to is 6.
Is it possible to find the square root of a negative number in the real number system?
No. There is no real number which multiplied by itself forms a negative number.A negative times a negative is a positive, and only a positive times a negative is a negative.However, in calculus there is an "imaginary value" (called i ) which represents the square root of -1.Square roots of larger negative numbers are represented by the square of the absolute value times i .
If 564 exceeds 7 times a number by 81 what is the number?
69
How do you work out how to times a positive number by a negative number?
A positive number times a positive number will always get you a positive number A negative number times a negative number will always get you a positive number (same signs will get you a positive number) but A positive number times a negative number will always get you a negative number or A negative number times a positive number will always get you a negative number (different signs will get you a negative number)
