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Is it possible to square root a negative number?

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No  because you had no number which were negative after you squared. if you do  every number goes back positive after you squared it i think.
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No because a negative times a negative will be positive and it will not equal a negative number. the square root cannot be one negative and one positive because that is against the definition of a square root.
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