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Wtf? 0 = 1? Help!

(-1)^.5 is a complex number and follows different rules than real numbers. Learn math, then come back.
 
Originally posted by: rscott
If you multiply two negitives you get a positive no matter what.
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sqrt(-1) = i, a special number. Like kedlax said, it's a complex number.

The rule that it violated is that sqrt (x/y)=sqrt(x)/sqrt(y) only when the number is positive.
 
Originally posted by: BigJ
Originally posted by: rscott
If you multiply two negitives you get a positive no matter what.
Click to expand...

sqrt(-1) = i, a special number. Like kedlax said, it's a complex number.

The rule that it violated is that sqrt (x/y)=sqrt(x)/sqrt(y) only when the number is positive.
Click to expand...


yeah, I just remembered that actually. 😱 151 and Coke makes math skills a little slow.
 
Originally posted by: BigJ
Originally posted by: rscott
If you multiply two negitives you get a positive no matter what.
Click to expand...

sqrt(-1) = i, a special number. Like kedlax said, it's a complex number.

The rule that it violated is that sqrt (x/y)=sqrt(x)/sqrt(y) only when the number is positive.
Click to expand...

QFT
 
Yes, Yes, stop embarrasing me already. 😛 I don't use algerbra in my daily tasks so its a little hard to remember all the niggling little rules, esp. after 4 shots of 151 in my coke.
 
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