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Every number is a square root of some number. So any number between 5 and 6 is a square root.
The square root of 25 has two solutions: SQRT(25) = + 5 and -5The 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.* * * * *The exclusion of the negative square root is plain nonsense.
the square root of 25 is 5
A number that has a square root has to be able to be the product of two of the same numbers. Example: 4 x 4 = 16 16 can have a square root because 4 and 4 are the same. 10 can't have a square root because 2 x 5 = 10, and 2 and 5 aren't the same numbers.
The square root of 25 is 5, which is a rational number.