Eli5: What are real and non real roots?

Question

I keep googling it and I still don’t understand what they are and their differences 😭😭

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Answer 1

‘Real’ is a math definition. It basically means the regular normal numbers you know

‘Imaginary’ is a math definition. It sort of expands the Real numbers.

‘complex’ is a math definition. It’s the combination of Real and Imaginary. It’s sort of 2-dimensional numbers. One axis being the real and the other axis being the Imaginary. Look up some pictures of a complex plane.