There is no root of a negative number since any positive number raised to the second power will result in a positive number.
There is no root of a negative number since any positive number raised to the second power will result in a positive number.
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Everything you need to know about the root of negative numbers is that... it simply does not exist!
Negative numbers do not have a root, if in an exam you come across an exercise involving the root of a negative number, your answer should be that it has no solution.
Want to understand the logic? Keep reading.
The root is some number, let's suppose one that we will call that, in fact, will be positive and that, when multiplied by itself will give us .
For example, the root of will be a positive number that if we multiply it by itself we will obtain .
That is, .
Instead of saying "multiply it by itself" we can say "raise it to the square".
\( \sqrt{64}= \)
\( \sqrt{36}= \)
\( \sqrt{49}= \)
As we have seen, the root of any number, for example, is a positive number that if we square it will give us .
There is no positive number in the whole world that when squared will give us a negative number, therefore, negative numbers do not have a root.
Solve the exercise:
If we raise to the power of two, we will get .
Another exercise
We will not be able to find any positive number that, when squared, gives us since any positive number squared will be positive and never negative.
Solve the following exercise:
\( \sqrt{x^2}= \)
\( 5+\sqrt{36}-1= \)
\( \sqrt{441}= \)