I can explain how to simplify for you! First, let's solely worry about the square root of a negative number first.
| \(4*\textcolor{blue}{\sqrt{-9}}-2\) | |
| \(\sqrt{-9}=\sqrt{9}\sqrt{-1}=\sqrt{9}i=3i\) | By definition, \(i=\sqrt{-1}\). Here, I broke up the radical into two separate parts. |
| \(4*\textcolor{blue}{3i}-2\) | Operations with imaginary numbers are the same as with a generic variable. |
| \(12i-2\) | Now, rearrange into \(a+bi\) format such that a is the real part and b is the coefficient of the imaginary part. |
| \(-2+12i\) | |