answersLogoWhite

0


Best Answer

Square root of 25 is 5 or -5. 5 X 5 is 25 -5 X -5 is also 25

A negative number multiplied by a negative number is always positive.

User Avatar

Wiki User

14y ago
This answer is:
User Avatar

Add your answer:

Earn +20 pts
Q: Why does every positive number have two square roots?
Write your answer...
Submit
Still have questions?
magnify glass
imp
Related questions

Every positive rational number and its negative pair?

Every positive rational number and its negative are the two square roots of the same positive rational number.


Every positive number has two square roots the principal square root and its opposite?

true


How many square roots does 7 have?

Every number has two square roots. They're the same size, but one is positive and the other is negative.


Every positive number has two square roots a square root and its opposite?

the answer is opposite for apex users and its true


What is the nonenegative square root of a number?

Every number has two square roots ... a positive one and a negative one. Example: +2 and -2 are both square roots of 4, because when you multiply either of them by itself, the answer is 4. The positive square root of a number is the square root that's not negative. The non-negative square root of a number is the positive one.


Can there be a negative square root?

Every positive number has a negative square root.For example, 2.25 has the square roots -1.5 (and 1.5)


What are the two square roots of 256?

A positive number has two square roots, its principal (positive) root and its negative root. This is because a negative number multiplied by a negative number equals a positive number. In this instance, the square roots of 256 are 16 and -16.


Is the square root a real number?

The square roots of any positive real number are a positive and a negative real number. The square roots of any negative real number are a positive and a negative imaginary number. The square roots of any imaginary number or any complex number are two complex numbers.


How many square roots does the number 13 have?

Every positive number has TWO square roots. The principal square root is the positive number which, when multiplied by itself, gives the number in question. But its negative equivalent will also be a square root. For example, the number 4 has 2 as the principal sqrt but -2 is also a sqrt of 4


Do Positive numbers have negative square roots?

Every positive number has two square roots. Their absolute values are the same. One is positive and the other is negative.


Every positive number has two square roots a principle square root and its?

The second root would be the negative of the principal root.


What is the square roots for -41.2?

There are none. Negative numbers don't have square roots. Well, they do, but they are known as imaginary numbers, and there is no way to determine them. A square root of a number is a number you can multiply by itself and get the original number. There is no number you can multiply by itself to get a negative number, but every positive number has two square roots of the same absolute value.