What is the square root of x squared?

1 Answer
May 31, 2015

The term 'the square root of X' is not quite precise as there are usually 22 square roots called sqrt(X)X and -sqrt(X)X

sqrt(x^2) = abs(x)x2=|x|

This is the positive square root of x^2x2.

-sqrt(x^2) = -abs(x)x2=|x| is also a square root of x^2x2

It's tempting to say sqrt(x^2) = xx2=x, but that's only true for x>=0x0