Given 2x² = -8, x is .

Divide both sides of 2x² = -8 by 2 to get x² = -4. Since (2i)² = -4 and (-2i)² = -4, the solutions are 2i and -2i. Choice C, “2i or -2i,” is correct; the solutions are not real numbers.

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