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The ancients - Egyptians or Greeks. They probably came across the square root of 2 when considering the diagonal of a square with sides of length 1. The cube root of 3 would have arisen, similarly, with the principal diagonal of a unit cube.
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How are positive square roots different?
The answer depends on "different from WHAT?" Positive cube roots, or negative square roots?
Why would I need to use square roots and cube roots?
For school you will need to learn how to find square and cube roots in order to have the needed prerequisites to answer progressively harder and more complex problems.
What is radical expression?
an alg expression involving square roots, cube roots, etc
What are the 3 cube roots of -1?
4
Why would you need to use square roots and cube root?
For school you will need to learn how to find square and cube roots in order to have the needed prerequisites to answer progressively harder and more complex problems.
What do you think is true of the square roots of a complex number?
I posted an answer about cube roots of complex numbers. The same info can be applied to square roots. (see related links)
What is a number that has more than two square roots?
There is no number that has more than two square roots.By definition, the "square" bit implies two.Every number has exactly:TWO square roots,THREE cube roots,FOUR quadratic roots,etc.
What is prime with cube roots?
All numbers have cube roots (not necessarily integral cube roots) so every prime has cube roots.
What are the 4 kinds of roots?
Not sure what answer you are looking for, but here are 4 types of roots in math. First is a square roots, next is cube roots, then the nth roots, and lastly rational roots.
Do negative numbers have cube roots cube roots?
Yes.
How many cubed roots are there in number 27?
There are 3 cube roots of 27. There are 2 square roots of 27 ( or any real number ). There are 4 fourth roots of 27 and so on:)
How many real cube roots does any positive number have?
there is no cube roots in negative
