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What is the principal square root of 9?
The principal square root of 9, the positive integer which is the square root of the number, is 3.
What is the principal square root of 225?
The principal (positive) square root of 225 is 15.
What would be of the square root of a number if there is no sign in front of the square root symbol?
If unspecified, the square root is the principal root, which is the positive root.
Every positive number has two square roots what are they?
The principal square root is a positive number which, when multiplied by itself, gives the original number. The second square root is the negative of the principal square root. So, for example, starting with 144. The principal square root is 12 because 12*12 = 144 and the second square root is -12.
What is the principal square root of a positive number?
A positive number has two square roots, that is, there are two solutions to an equation like x2 = 100. The "principal square root" refers to the positive solution.
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