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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.
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.
Why is the square root of any real number is always sometimes or never positive?
Sometimes.The square root of a positive number is positive.The square root of zero is zero.The square root of a negative number is a complex number - if you want only real numbers, you can say that it is undefined, and many calculators will give you an error message.
When you square a negative number does it become positive?
May be true only in a few cases. When you square -1 it will be +1. But when you square -2 it will not be +2. That will be +4.
Is the square root of 39 irrational?
Yes. The square root of a positive integer can only be an integer (if your integer is a perfect square), or an irrational number (if it isn't).
