Trigonometry 7th Edition

Published by Cengage Learning
ISBN 10: 1111826854
ISBN 13: 978-1-11182-685-7

Chapter 8 - Section 8.1 - Complex Numbers - 8.1 Problem Set - Page 425: 20

Answer

$3i\sqrt 5$

Work Step by Step

$\sqrt -45=\sqrt (9\times-1\times5)=\sqrt 9\times\sqrt -1\times\sqrt 5=3\times i\times\sqrt 5=3i\sqrt 5$ We know that $\sqrt -1=i$, because $i^{2}=-1$.
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