Answer:
the square root of -1 is i
Step-by-step explanation:
Well, actually, the square root of -1 (or any negative number at that) is not a real number. What I mean by that is that there is no way to square a real number to get a negative number (ie [tex]2^{2} = 4, -2^{2} =4[/tex], there is no way to square a real number to get -4).
To solve this, mathematicians came up with the "imaginary number" i which, when squared, equals to -1. This allows us to get the square root of negative numbers ([tex]\sqrt{-4} = 2i[/tex]) or get negative numbers through squaring ([tex]2i^{2} = -4[/tex]).
