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How do you simplify $\sqrt{- 36}$ $sqrt(-36)$ ?

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Nov 27, 2016

$6 i$ $6i$

Explanation:

This can be expressed as follows.

$\sqrt{- 36} = \sqrt{36} \times \sqrt{- 1}$ $sqrt(-36)=sqrt36xxsqrt(-1)$

$Reminder \times \times \sqrt{- 1} = i$ $color(orange)"Reminder"color(white)(xxxx)sqrt(-1)=i$

$= 6 \times i = 6 i$ $=6xxi=6i$

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