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#1 2023-11-13 18:39:03

sologuitar
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Square Root • Square Root

Why does a square • square root = radicand?


For example:


sqrt{ x } • sqrt{ x } = x


Why?

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#2 2023-11-14 04:11:50

amnkb
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Re: Square Root • Square Root

sologuitar wrote:

Why does a square • square root = radicand?

For example: sqrt{ x } • sqrt{ x } = x

what else could it be?
(i'm not being flip)
(im asking what math could make it be anything else?)

its just like 1 - 1 + 1 = 1 or 2*3/3 = 2
subtracting undoes adding
dividing undoes multiplying
squaring undoes square-rooting

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#3 2023-11-14 10:27:23

sologuitar
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Re: Square Root • Square Root

amnkb wrote:
sologuitar wrote:

Why does a square • square root = radicand?

For example: sqrt{ x } • sqrt{ x } = x

what else could it be?
(i'm not being flip)
(im asking what math could make it be anything else?)

its just like 1 - 1 + 1 = 1 or 2*3/3 = 2
subtracting undoes adding
dividing undoes multiplying
squaring undoes square-rooting


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No question is dumb. It is simply a question. No need to belittle anyone.

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