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Squaring a number means multiplying it by itself. For example, squaring the number 5 means multiplying 5 x 5.

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When you square a number the answer is positive?

Wat r u talking about. Who would spend there day looking up math problems? Are u doing your homework.


What does the square root of a number?

The square roots of a number are numbers and, as numbers, they are not capable of doing anything.


What are square root?

The square root (r) of a number (y) is that number which multiplied by itself gives the original number, ie: if r = √y, then y = r × r = r². Every number has two square roots as a negative number multiplied by a negative number is a positive number. Examples: √16 = 4 or -4 (written as ±4) since 4 × 4 = 16 and -4 × -4 = 16 √25 = ±5 √2.25 = ±1.5 Negative numbers do not have real square roots. They have complex square roots which are the square root of the positive number multiplied by the square root of -1 which is written as "i", examples: √-1 = i √-16 = ±4i


Why can't you square r?

You can. Any number can be squared.


How do you unsquare the square root?

You square the number, ie ^2. The square root is actually ^0.5, so if you square the number, you are doing ^0.5*2 = ^1, which is implicit on every number.


Is the square root of an irrational number rational?

No: Let r be some irrational number; as such it cannot be represented as s/t where s and t are both non-zero integers. Assume the square root of this irrational number r was rational. Then it can be represented in the form of p/q where p and q are both non-zero integers, ie √r = p/q As p is an integer, p² = p×p is also an integer, let y = p² And as q is an integer, q² = q×q is also an integer, let x = q² The number is the square of its square root, thus: (√r)² = (p/q)² = p²/q² = y/x but (√r)² = r, thus r = y/x and is a rational number. But r was chosen to be an irrational number, which is a contradiction (r cannot be both rational and irrational at the same time, so it cannot exist). Thus the square root of an irrational number cannot be rational. However, the square root of a rational number can be irrational, eg for the rational number ½ its square root (√½) is not rational.


The S R of 81 is an IN?

The square root of 81 is an integral number.


What is a number squared increased by 1?

1 is a square root of 1


The S R of -1 is an 1 N?

the square root of -1 is an imaginary number


The S R of -1 is an I N?

the question is = The S R of -1 is an I N = so the answer is: the square root of -1 is an imaginary number


The s r of - 1 is an you n?

Square root of -1 is mathematically represented by the IMAGINARY NUMBER i.


How did the Romans work out the area of a circle?

The area of a circle is the number of square units inside that circle, if each square in the circle to the left has an area of 1cm2, you could count the total number of squares to get the area of this circle. However, it is easier to use one the following formulas; A=.r²or A=pi times r times r, where A is the area and r is the radius.