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can anyone give me a simple answer to understand what root squared is and a way I can easily do it if ur stupid at maths

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I think you want the definition of square root?

"In mathematics, the square root of a number 'a' is a number "y" such that
"y" times "y" equals 'a' "
So that the square root of 36 = 6.

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Think of a square that is 8 by 8. The area of this square is 8*8 = 64

Put another way, 8 squared = 8^2 = 8*8 = 64

The square root will undo what squaring does. The square root of 64 is 8. We're just going in reverse. Your teacher will use "inverse" as a fancy math way of saying "opposite" or "reverse"
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