Question
Find the square roots: 7 - 24i.

Answer

Let $\sqrt{7-24 i}=x+$ iy. Then
$\sqrt{7-24 i}=x+i y$
$\begin{array}{l}\Rightarrow 7-24 i=(x+i y)^2 \\ \Rightarrow 7-24 i=\left(x^2-y^2\right)+2 i x y \\ \Rightarrow x^2-y^2=7 \ldots \text { (i) } \\ \text { and } 2 x y=-24 \ldots \text { (ii) }\end{array}$
$\begin{array}{l}\text { Now, }\left(x^2+y^2\right)^2=\left(x^2-y^2\right)^2+4 x^2 y^2 \\ \Rightarrow\left(x^2+y^2\right)^2=49+576=625\left[\because x^2+y^2>0\right] \\ \Rightarrow x^2+y^2=25 \ldots \text { (iii) }\end{array}$
add (i) and (iii), we get 
$\begin{array}{l}2 x^2=32 \\ \Rightarrow x^2=16 \\ \Rightarrow x= \pm 4\end{array}$
put value of x in (I), we get 
$y^2=9 \Rightarrow y= \pm 3$
From (ii) we observe that 2xy is negative. So, x and y are of opposite signs.
Hence, $\sqrt{7-24 i}= \pm(4-3 i)$

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