Find the square roots of 2500.

What is the principal square root of 2500?

Question

Find the square roots of 2500.

What is the principal square root of 2500?

anonymous · Answer

50

jhonyy9 · Answer

50

anonymous · Answer

postive or negative 50

asnaseer · Answer

the square root of a positive number is always plus/minus some other number.
e.g.:$$\sqrt{25}=\pm5$$

jhonyy9 · Answer

every two

anonymous · Answer

It should be positive since it's asking the principle of square root...

asnaseer · Answer

so try and break up your number into components you can handle.
e.g. 2500 = 25 * 100
and use the fact that:$$\sqrt{ab}=\sqrt{a}*\sqrt{b}$$

anonymous · Answer

ok What is the negative square root of 2500?

asnaseer · Answer

@Darkmirror - the first part of the question states "Find the square roots..." - which means find both (I think)

anonymous · Answer

@asnaseer ~ yup
~joyce ~ the negative one is -50

anonymous · Answer

THX

asnaseer · Answer

yw

anonymous · Answer

it depends where u are,here the square root of a positive number is always positive,the negative sqrt is simply -sqrt(of the number)

asnaseer · Answer

@ghass1978 - where is "here"?

anonymous · Answer

well french system..

asnaseer · Answer

and I was always under the impression that Maths was a universal truth.... oh wel....

anonymous · Answer

:)

asnaseer · Answer

at least if you had said "in a parallel Universe to where you are" - then I would have understood :-)