How do you find the square root of -59?

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Answer 1 · 2017-01-05T00:53:12

$sqrt(-59)=sqrt((-1)(59))=sqrt(-1)sqrt(59)=isqrt59$

$sqrt(-59)=sqrt((-1)(59))=sqrt(-1)sqrt(59)$

We can now look at each square root separately.

$sqrt(-1)$

We use the nomenclature $i$ , and so $sqrt(-1)=i$

$sqrt59$

The number 59 is prime, meaning it has no factors other than itself and one. Therefore it can't be broken down to anything smaller.

So we end up with:

$sqrt(-59)=sqrt((-1)(59))=sqrt(-1)sqrt(59)=isqrt59$