It is. (-5) is a perfectly good square root of 25.
Every number has two square roots. The two square roots of 25 are [ +5 ] and [ -5 ].
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There is no answer - 5 * -5 is 25 as a negative times a negative is a positive and - - 5 * 5 is - 25 but you cannot do this inversely if you put square root - 25 it says undefined
you cant get the square root of a negative number. nothing times itself would equal a negative number. if you have √-25 then its not possible. If you have -√25 then you take the square root of 25 and make it negative, so then it would be -5
The square root of any negative number is equal to the square root of its absolute value followed by i - an imaginary number representing the square root of minus one. Therefore, such that sqrt(25) = 5, sqrt(-25) = 5i.
The square root of 625 is 25 because 25 x 25 = 625. 625 also has a negative root = -25.
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