Every operation in Mathematics needs to have an inverse.
For addition, its inverse is subtraction (and vice versa)
For multiplication, its division
The inverse of squaring a number, is taking its square root.
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A negative number cannot have a square root in basic mathematics. However, in more advanced mathematics, you will study complex numbers. And there you will find that the square roots of -80 are ± 8.944*i where i is the imaginary square root of -1.Incidentally, ± 8.944 are the square roots of +80.
For most school mathematics, negative numbers do not have square roots. This is because a negative number multiplied by itself is a negative times a negative and so is positive. When (if) you study advanced mathematics, you will learn that there is a solution and this falls within the realms of complex mathematics and imaginary numbers.
Concrete.
The two square roots of 18 are: 4.242641 and -4.242641
The two square roots are +70 and -70 .