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It represents another number that, when multiplied by itself, gives the number you started with.

For example, the square root of 2.25 is 1.5 because 1.5*1.5 = 2.25

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What if the number is unknown to find square root square root?

It is no tpossible to find the square root of an unknown number. You can, however, represent it as x0.5 or √x so that the value of the square root can be evaluated when the value of x is known.


What is the square root of -10?

You can't find the square root of -10 because you can't find the square root of any negative number. But we have something to represent the answer, i, i is a imaginary number.


How do you represent root 10 on number line?

friends,root 10 is according to our pythagores thoream.root 10=square of 3 and square of 1 can be represented on a number line.


How do you represent root 2 to root 9 in the number line?

By root, I think you mean square root. The square root of 2 is approx. 1.414. The square root of 9 = 3, so this goes exactly at 3 on the number line. Square root 2 will be less than 1/2 way between 1 and 2 on the number line.


What is the symbol used to represent a negative square root of a number?

Negative square root is -√Square root of negative one is i.


What does the square root of n represent?

It represents a number. The number is the one which, when you multiply it by itself, the product is 'n'.


Does the imaginary number in math represent 1 or -1?

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What can you not do with square root?

When dealing with real numbers, you cannot take the square root of a negative number. The concept of the imaginary number was created to handle the square root of a negative number.That's almost like saying "when dealing with numbers bigger than 10, you cannot take the square root of 4. If what you are dealing with does not represent a number, then you cannot find its square root.


What is the name of the symbol used to represent the non-negative square root of a number?

The 'radical': √


Is there a number that doesn't have a square root?

Any negative number, and infinity. However, a number (called "i") was created to represent the square roots of negative numbers.


What is the symbol used to represent thenonnegative square root of a number?

The negative square root of a number is expressed as -√n or -n^½. The question probably may refer to the square root of a negative number. In mathematics there is an identity i² = -1 so that i = √-1 The square root of a negative number can be shown in several ways. For Example : √-36 = √( -1 x 36) = √-1 x √36 The square root of 36 is ±6, and the square root of -1 is i. The solution to √-36 is therefore ±6i.


Square root of -1 is iota How?

Mathematicians decided that, since the square root of a negative number does not exist, they would use the first letter of "imaginary" to represent this "value".