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OpenStudy (anonymous):

Calculate the principal square root of 25/36

OpenStudy (rhystic):

treat each piece separately square root of 25? square root of 36? and then put then back over each other.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Is it 5/6

OpenStudy (anonymous):

\[\sqrt{25}/\sqrt{36}\] The non-negative (positive) square root of a number is called its Principal Square Root.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Positive or negative? or both ?

OpenStudy (rhystic):

technically it can be both.

OpenStudy (rhystic):

normally you would answer with the principal root though which is positive.

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