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What are the positive and negative square roots of 4?
The square roots of 4 are -2 and 2.
Does a positive number have two square roots?
Yes, a positive square root and a negative one. For example, the two square roots of 9 are +3 and -3.
What are the two square roots of 256?
A positive number has two square roots, its principal (positive) root and its negative root. This is because a negative number multiplied by a negative number equals a positive number. In this instance, the square roots of 256 are 16 and -16.
What are positive square roots called?
They are called real numbers. Negative square roots must be complex numbers.
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.
