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100

Who came up with an imaginary number first, in 1545?

Who is Girolamo Cardano?

100

One real life application of imaginary numbers is quite SHOCKING. As a matter of fact, it relates to every outlet in your house.

What is Electricity(AC)?

100

Fill in the blank:

________ work with students in schools to explain to them about Complex Numbers and other math topics

what is a math teacher

100

i to the 2nd power

what is -1

100

i is the symbol that represents this number.

What is the square root of -1

200

Who came up with the a+bi notation for complex numbers in 1777?

Who is Euler?

200

complex numbers are very important to the shows you watched as kids, such as Mickey Mouse, or Cinderella.

What is Animation

200

This job entails creating games and animations that often include the use of imaginary numbers, coding for said games and animations, and binary codes

what is a game developer/animator

200

I to the 123456 power

what is 1

200

Imaginary numbers are this type of number like pi and e.

What are irrational numbers?

300

When was the first instance of complex numbers?

What is around 75 C.E.

300

Imaginary numbers go into the tiny thing in your pocket that lets you talk to people far away.

What is signal processing (cellular signals, or phones)

300

A person who studies the way things work such as gravity and particles, specifically their movement.

What is a Physicist

300

i to the 326 power

what is -1

300

"j” is used instead of “i” to represent imaginary numbers in this profession.

What is engineering

400

Complex numbers arose to solve _________ equations, not quadratic equations.

What is cubic?

400

Imaginary numbers are the reason that speed bumps don’t shake or damage the car. Here is a hint: it's in the springs of the car.

What is shock absorbtion

400

someone who works with power lines and designs the best way to work with electricity

What is an electrical engineer

400

i to the 123456789

what is i

400

Combinations of complex and real numbers are this type of number.

What are imaginary numbers

500

The 16th century Italian mathematician ____________ Cardano is credited with introducing complex numbers in his attempts to find solutions to cubic equations.

Answer: Who is Gerolamo?

500

Imaginary numbers are used when trying to calculate the exact location of the universe’s smallest objects.

what is Quantum Physics

500

A person who works with money, and works out how it can be best used to help the community

What is an economist

500

i to the 1784759

what is -i

500

This model has infinite perimeter but a finite area when graphed, and the numbers that fall in it are determined through iteration.

Answer: What is the Mandelbrot Set?