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The square root of 25 has two solutions: SQRT(25) = + 5 and -5
The square root of a number, by definition, should be positive. Hence, the square root of 25 is 5. The other square root is -5. However, strictly speaking, -5 is not the square root of 25, since it is not a positive number.
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The exclusion of the negative square root is plain nonsense.
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Can the square root of 25 be a real number?
the square root of 25 is 5
Is the square root of 25 an irrational or rational number?
The square root of 25 is 5, which is a rational number.
What is the square root of negative 25?
The square root of any negative number is equal to the square root of its absolute value followed by i - an imaginary number representing the square root of minus one. Therefore, such that sqrt(25) = 5, sqrt(-25) = 5i.
Is the square root of 25 rational irrational whole natural or integer?
The square root of 25 is 5, which is a whole number, an integer, a natural number and a rational number.
Is the square root of -25 irrational or complex?
you cant get the square root of a negative number. nothing times itself would equal a negative number. if you have √-25 then its not possible. If you have -√25 then you take the square root of 25 and make it negative, so then it would be -5
