and also ELI16 what a an imaginary number is and how it works in real life

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and also ELI16 what a an imaginary number is and how it works in real life

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Answer 1

Draw a dotted line, set any dot in the middle as 0, the dots to the left and right are negative and positive numbers. Draw a vertical line through any dot and that’s the imaginary number line.

Common notation is use of i for imaginary. I.e. 1i 2i 3i is progression through the imaginary number line.