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Sep 26, 2016

$p =+-6$

Explanation:

Solve $p^2 = 36$

If you want to solve $p^2 = 36$ you need to get rid of the square.

The opposite operation to squaring, is finding the square root.

Find the square root of both sides.
Remember a square has two possible roots - a positive root and a negative root.

$p^2 = +-sqrt36$

$p = +-6$

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