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Q: Positive numbers have negative square roots?
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What are positive square roots called?

They are called real numbers. Negative square roots must be complex numbers.


What are the positive and negative square roots of 1?

The numbers 1 and negative 1 (-1) are both square roots of positive 1.The square root of negative 1 is the "imaginary" number i.


All poitive numbers have two square roots a positive and as negative and why?

This is because if you multiply two negative numbers you get positive.


How many square roots do negative numbers have?

Negative numbers do not have "real number" square roots.However, they will have two roots (when using imaginary numbers) as do other numbers, where a root including i(square root of -1) is positive or negative.


Positive numbers have two square roots a principal square root and its?

And its negative counterpart.


How many square roots can a positive number have?

Every positive number has two square roots, though the roots are not always whole numbers (or even rational numbers). The more obvious of each numbers roots is the positive one.The positive square root of 4 is 2, because 2*2=4.The positive square root of 5 is roughly 2.236068.The other square root of a number is the negative inverse of their positive root. This is because when two negative numbers are multiplied together the negative signs "cancel out", leaving a positive number.The negative square root of 4 is -2, because -2*-2=4.The negative square root of 5 is roughly -2.236068.Zero has only one square root, itself, and no negative number has any (real number) square roots, since no number multiplied by itself will result in a negative.


Is the square root a real number?

The square roots of any positive real number are a positive and a negative real number. The square roots of any negative real number are a positive and a negative imaginary number. The square roots of any imaginary number or any complex number are two complex numbers.


How many square roots dose a negative number have?

no,a negative number cannot have a square root .it is made only for positive numbers .but,yes,negative numbers can be squared.


Do Positive numbers have negative square roots?

Every positive number has two square roots. Their absolute values are the same. One is positive and the other is negative.


Why don't negative numbers have square roots?

They can, but they are called imaginary numbers. This is because a "square" of something is the number that, when multiplied by itself, will equal the first number. A negative multiplied by a negative equals a positive, and positives can't turn into negatives on their own, so there are no square roots of negative numbers.


How are positive square roots different?

The answer depends on "different from WHAT?" Positive cube roots, or negative square roots?


What are the square roots of numbers 1 - 200?

-199