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Yes. Every perfect square has two roots: one positive and one negative.

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How do you do a square root of a negative number that is not a perfect square?

The square root of a negative number is not real.


How is a perfect square and cubes root related?

They are not, other that the fact that any perfect square is a non-negative and so is also a cube root of some non-negative integer (usually much larger). But -2 is a cube root (of -8), while -8 is not a perfect square.


What is the root of a perfect square?

The root of a perfect square will be an integer, but will be both the positive and negative values. For instance, the square root of 4 is plus or minus 2 (±2), as both integral answers are valid. The positive real root is the answer that many books give. It is sometimes called the primary root. But the key point is both roots are valid.


Is 200 a perfect square?

200 is not a perfect square. Its square root is a fraction and the square root of a perfect square is always an integer.


Is the square root of 345 a perfect square?

345 is not a perfect square and neither is its square root.


Is 30 a perfect square?

30 is not a perfect square. Its square root is a fraction and the square root of a perfect square is always an integer.


Is 500 a perfect square?

500 is not a perfect square. Its square root is a fraction and the square root of a perfect square is always an integer.


Is 38 a perfect square?

38 is not a perfect square. Its square root is a fraction and the square root of a perfect square is always an integer.


How do you get the square root of negative 144?

square root of a negative number is imaginary square root of negative 1 is defined as i square root of negative 144 is sqrt ((144)(-1)) = 12i


Can a perfect square have a negative square root?

If a is any number, then a squared = (-a) squared, so one might say that a and -a are both square roots of a squared. However, the square root symbol always means the positive square root.


What is the difference between principal square root and perfect square root?

A principal square root is any square root that's answer is positive, and a perfect square root is a square root that's answer is an integer.


Is 16 a perfect square root?

16 is a perfect square (of 4) and the square root of 256.