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no. is not a real number

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Can the square root of 25 be a real number?

the square root of 25 is 5


Is the root of 25 a real number?

Yes. The square root of 25 is 5, which is a real number.


What is the real number root of -25?

There is no real number [square] root of a negative number. There is a real cube root and a real fiftth root etc, but root, by itself, implies square root.


Is the square root of 8 over 25 rational irrational or a real number?

The square root of 8 over 25 is irrational, and real.


Why does the square root of 25 not have a real solution?

You can't take the square root of a negative number. The square root of -25 is 5i. It's an imaginary number.


Is radical 25 a real number?

If by "radical" you mean "square root of", then yes. Both square roots of 25 are real numbers.


Is the square root of 25 a rational number?

The square root of 25 is 5 ... rational.


Why does the square root of -25 have no real solution?

Because the square root of -25 would be that number that, squared, would equal -25. No number, positive or negative, can result in a negative square. Since -25 is a negative number, no number, positive or negative, can be squared to equal -25.


What is the principal root of -25?

The principal root of a number is the positive real square root of the number - if it exists. Since -25 is negative, it does not have a real square root. Its square roots are the imaginary numbers +/-5i where i is the [imaginary] square root of -1. i is neither positive nor negative and so neither +5i nor -5i is a principal root.


What is the square root of a positive?

The square root of a positive number results in a positive number. For example, the square root of 25 is 5. * * * * * Not true! There are two real square roots for every positive number: one positive and one negative. -5 is as much a square root of 25 as +5 is. However, the positive root is the principal root and so is often presented as the only root.


Why cant you evaluate square root -25?

You cannot in real numbers because the square of any number, negative or positive, is positive. However, -25 does have a square root in complex numbers: it is + or - 5i where i is the imaginary square root of -1.


Is the square root of 25 an irrational or rational number?

The square root of 25 is 5, which is a rational number.