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How to find absolute value of a squareroot? Like what is absolute value of radical 10. The problem I have is -2+i sqrt 10. What is absolute value of this complex number?

 Apr 21, 2016
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The absolute value of complex number a + bi is given by sqrt(a^2 + b^2)

 

So with z = -2 + i*sqrt(10) we would have abs(z) = sqrt(4 + 10). Or abs(z) = sqrt(14)

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 Apr 21, 2016

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