What is the greatest possible integer value of x for which square root of x-5 is an imaginary number? A) 3 B) 4 C) 5 D) 6

Question

Mathematics

Aarav Ward

21 April, 17:12

What is the greatest possible integer value of x for which square root of x-5 is an imaginary number? A) 3 B) 4 C) 5 D) 6

+2

Answers (2)

Know the Answer?

Matthew · Answer 1

Your answer will be 4, Any x larger than 4 would result in a value of 0 or a positive number. These values have real square roots. 4 is the largest number for x such that x - 5 is a negative number, which yields an imaginary number once the square root is taken.