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There is no simple general method because most square roots are Irrational Numbers. That means their decimal representations are infinitely long. What is required is for you to decide the level of accuracy that you desire. Then use the Newton-Raphson method.
So if you want to find the square root of 56, say,
Define f(x) = x2 - 56
And let f'(x) = 2x
Next, take a starting guess at sqrt(56). You may know that 72 = 49 and 82 = 64 so the answer is going to be between 7 and 8. So start with x0 = 7.
Then iterate: calculate xn+1 = xn + f(xn)/f'(xn) for n = 1, 2, 3, and so on.
Even though x0 is not a particularly good starting point (7.5 would have been better), x3 is accurate to 3 in a billion.
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square
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What is the square root of 2x plus 1 equals 3?
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Can a non-radical number be added to a radical?
An expression such as root(3) + 2 (square root of 3, added to 2) can not be simplified. Of course, you can convert the square root to a decimal and then add, to get an approximate result.
How do you do a square root to a decimal?
square it
What square root property is essential to solve any radical equation involvine a square root?
What square root property is essential to solve any radical equation involving square root?
What is a root of equation?
square
WHAT IS THE square ROOT of 11 to one decimal place?
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Technically,no. A radical equation has a radical (Square root) in it, and has two solutions because the square root can be positive or negative.
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square it
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