+262 i need to find the square root of 3+4i, which is a complex number, i thought the answer was just 2+i because when you square that you get 3+4i, but that's wrong :( are there other square roots of 3+4i that i don't know about?
Who says 2 + i is wrong? That is the sqrt of 3 + 4i, because it factors into: (2 +i)^2 and sqrt(2 +i)^2 =2 + i
Roots of complex numbers are multi valued.
A complex number has two square roots, three cube roots, four fourth roots and so on.
You will already have come across this with the square roots of positive numbers. The square root of 4 for example is plus or minus 2.
For your example, the second root is -2 - i .
