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Imaginary Numbers

Anybody can consider this statement as moot: Negative real numbers cannot have a square root. When working with real numbers with values less than zero, the squared product will be positive; so where do you go? In a parabola, all points except zero lie above the x-axis. Many students get confused because of this. This placed mathematicians in a bit of a quandary. That was until numbers were invented that are imaginary.

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Date: 3/9/2021 1:25:00 PM
This makes so much sense to me. NOT! The second I realized it was math my mind began to shut down. But it is well done.
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Date: 3/9/2021 6:37:00 AM
I love this poem!!! I despise math class, too... Bridget :)
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Date: 3/6/2021 8:17:00 PM
LOL. I didn't understand a thing you wrote, but I got a kick out of the last line. Math was my worst study in school, and, after I graduated from high school, I never took another math class!
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Date: 3/6/2021 7:00:00 PM
This is really wonderful word-number-poetry playfulness, Richard. Thoroughly enjoyed! A FAVE for me. Thank you so much for posting it! ~ Einstein = Math Comprension (squared)
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