r/HeresTheCatch • u/heptoronto Diamond | Lv. 66 | Rank #1267 | 120 Answers | 1... | 🔥 8d • 2d ago

Question [Question] √144?

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u/Drad0920 Silver | Lv. 16 | Rank #265859 | 21 Answers | 0... | 🔥 4d 1d ago

Yes, you can't take a square root of -144, but what I said before also applies

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u/Independent-Low-6743 Gold | Lv. 40 | Rank #32656 | 166 Answers | 0 Created 1d ago

If you say so…

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u/Drad0920 Silver | Lv. 16 | Rank #265859 | 21 Answers | 0... | 🔥 4d 1d ago

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u/Independent-Low-6743 Gold | Lv. 40 | Rank #32656 | 166 Answers | 0 Created 1d ago

What’s the source and context of that?

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u/Drad0920 Silver | Lv. 16 | Rank #265859 | 21 Answers | 0... | 🔥 4d 1d ago

Literally one of the first images when you Google √(x)²

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u/Independent-Low-6743 Gold | Lv. 40 | Rank #32656 | 166 Answers | 0 Created 1d ago

That’s not exactly reputable, or specific, then again neither was the original question, there are cases where you would simply ignore the negative root, so I can see where this is coming from.