Question

The square of any negative number is ?

Answer 1

The square of the positive number

Explanation:

-2^2 = 4 2^2 = 4

-3^2 = 9 3^2 = 9

Why is this? Because a negative multiplied by a negative is a positive. And when you square a number you are multiplying the number by itself. So two negatives always equal a positive.

Answer 2

Is positive. In fact, the square of any (real) number other than 0 is always positive.