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Eighth grade math - Positive and negative square roots

To indicate that we want both the positive and the negative square root of a radicand we put the symbol ± (read as plus minus) in front of the root. Zero has one square root which is 0. Negative numbers don’t have real square roots since a square is either positive or 0. educational videos and apps will give you unit rate examples and help you learn about square and square roots.

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