• Melkath
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      Thanks for making sure to keep the dumbos included but still making us work just a little to be included.

        • Mossy Feathers (She/They)
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          The square root of negative 1 is “i”. The “i” referrs to an imaginary number. When you square a number (e.g. 2^2 ) the result will always be positive. This is because you are multiplying the number with itself, and a negative number multiplied by another negative number will be positive. So -2 * -2 = 4, -3 * -3 = 9, and so on.

          A square root is the inverse of this. It attempts to find what the original number was that was squared, so sqrt(4) = 2, sqrt(9) = 3, and so on. However, what do you do if you have sqrt(-4)? There’s no way for a square to result in a negative number, so the result must be imaginary. So sqrt(-4) = 2i, sqrt(-9) = 3i, and so on. As such, sqrt(-1) = i.

          For the next part, when you divide one number by another, it is sometimes referred to as [first number] over [second number].

          Finally, 8, well, sounds like “ate”.

          So sqrt(-1)/8 = i/8 = i over eight= I over ate.

          (Sorry if this came off as condescending near the end, I’m trying to be thorough in case you aren’t a native English speaker)

          • TheEntity
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            It seems I was only having trouble with the connecting “eight” to “ate”, but damn, this is a solid explanation of the other parts too!

          • Hjalmar
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            41 year ago

            Thank you! I only got as far as i divided by 8… But now I kinda get it (-: |>

        • @Hereforpron2
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          Square root of -1 is called i because it’s an imaginary number

          • @Hereforpron2
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            Square root of -1 is called i because it’s an imaginary number butl gets used often

          • Melkath
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            Thanks for giving the last piece of the answer so everyone can be included, and those who didn’t know can learn.

            • @Hereforpron2
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              21 year ago

              Just wish I could remember the spoiler formatting haha

    • Bebo
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      21 year ago

      Finally figured out after repeating it 2-3 times in my mind. Before that I was like what has i by 8 got to do with thanksgiving.

  • Ada
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    201 year ago

    I’m pretty sure everyone Americans says this after thanksgiving

  • Star
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    Man those 2s afterwards…