Petenerd said:I am a little bit confused on square roots of negative numbers. For example sqrt -48. Would it be a negative number or a postitive number?
Neither - square root of negative numbers are called imaginary numbers. Your text-book should have extensive discussion around this. You could also use google to find relevant articles to help you.
To supplement what you read in your book and heard in class, try some online articles on square roots of negative numbers. :wink:Petenerd said:I am a little bit confused on square roots of negative numbers.