Move numbers to the blanks to rewrite each square root. [tex] \sqrt{ - 4} = [/tex][tex] \sqrt{ - 5 = } [/tex]answers:[tex]2i[/tex][tex] - 2[/tex][tex]4i[/tex][tex] \sqrt{5i} [/tex][tex] - \sqrt{5} [/tex][tex]i \sqrt{5} [/tex]



Answer :

We have 2 expressions:

[tex]\begin{gathered} a)\text{ }\sqrt[]{-4} \\ b)\sqrt[]{-5} \end{gathered}[/tex]

Case a.

We can rewrite our square root as

[tex]\sqrt[]{-4}=\sqrt[]{-1\times4}=\sqrt[]{-1}\times\sqrt[]{4}[/tex]

but by definition

[tex]\sqrt[]{-1}=i[/tex]

which is the imaginary number. So, our square root is equal to

[tex]\sqrt[]{-4}=\sqrt[]{4}i[/tex]

which corresponds to option 3.

Case b.

Similarly,

[tex]\sqrt[]{-5}=\sqrt[]{-1}\times\sqrt[]{5}[/tex]

and the answer is

[tex]\sqrt[]{-5}=i\sqrt[]{5}[/tex]

which corresponds to option 6