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Can you square a negative number

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Yes, you can square a negative number; however, the product will be a positive integer as a negative multiplied by a negative will result in a positive.

For example;
(-2) * (-2) = 4.

Edit: Seeing that you meant to square root a negative number-- no, you cannot square root a negative number as you cannot multiply a negative number by a negative number to get a negative product; it will always be positive.

I hope this helps!
User RyanScottLewis
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Yes, you can square a negative, however it can only give you a positive answer

however, you cannot root a negative number (if that was what you wanted)


hope this helps
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