+1124 Hi good people!, for the following sum I get a different answer to the book, and no matter how many times I do this sum, I keep getting the same answer. please help me to see where I'm going wrong?
\(\sqrt{-5}(\sqrt{-3} * \sqrt{-4})\)
\(\sqrt{5*-1}(\sqrt{3*-1}* \sqrt{2^2 *-1})\)
\(\sqrt{5i}(\sqrt{3i}* \sqrt{2^2i})\)
\(\sqrt{5i}(\sqrt{3i}* 2 \sqrt{i})\)
\(\)\(\sqrt{15i^2}*2(-1)\)\(\)\(\)
\(-2 \sqrt{15i^2}\)
The book says \(-2 \sqrt{15i}\)
Thanx for the help!!
+118609 Hi Juriemagic :)
\(\sqrt{-5}=\sqrt{5*-1}=\sqrt5*\sqrt{-1}=\sqrt5\;i\)
So your mistakes strat in the third row.
\(\sqrt{-5}(\sqrt{-3}*\sqrt{-4})\\ \sqrt5*\sqrt3*\sqrt4*i*i*i\\ 2\sqrt{15}*-1*i\\ -2\sqrt{15}\;i\)
This is different from your answer but different from your book too.
Are you sure you copied in the book answer correctly?
+1124 Hello Melody!!!!,
I am going to be VERY honest about this....the answer I actually got, was exactly the same as what you got...I promise you that. this morning when I posted the problem, i did not have my paper that i worked on, with me, so I did the sum afresh...and got lost. I figured that it was'nt a train smash if i did not put the sum exactly as I actually had it....the answer is wrong any case...so I left it as such
Yes I also did the 3 "i"'s etc...
Melody, yes, I checked and re-checked that answer....the "i" looks like it is within the square root sign...maybe they did a mis-print?
