How come, when you continuosly press the sqrt sign on a calculator for a number, you get 1?

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anonymous · Answer

Is it just the amount of data a calculator can hold for such a small number?

anonymous · Answer

depends on what number you start with

anonymous · Answer

if you start with a number bigger than one you should get 1

anonymous · Answer

Sorry, I meant 1, lol

anonymous · Answer

cause anything raised to the power 1 is just 1...

anonymous · Answer

$$1^2 = 1$$

anonymous · Answer

$$\sqrt{1} = 1$$

anonymous · Answer

@satellite73  not necessary to be greater than 1.
any positive number will eventually reach 1

anonymous · Answer

true

anonymous · Answer

because your calculator round off the answer.

anonymous · Answer

not necessary to be greater than 1.
any positive number will eventually reach 1

anonymous · Answer

$1 \times 1  = 1$ or $1^2 = 1$  or $\sqrt{1} = 1$ No matter how many times you take a square root of 1 the answer will be 1.

Anything to a power of 1 = itself.
Anything to a power of 0 = 1.

anonymous · Answer

Makes sense