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What is square root? Definition of square root A square root of a number 'x' is a number y such that y2 = x, in other words, a number y whose square is y. For example, 4 is the square root of 16 because 42 = 4•4 = 16, -4 is square root of 16 because (-4)2 = (-4)•(-4) = 16. When writing math, people often use sqrt(x) to mean the square root of x. Read more about square root here: Square Root - Wikipedia and here: Square Root - Wolfram (责任编辑:) |
