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If every positive number has two square roots and you can find the length of the side of a square window by finding a square root of the area, why is there only one answer for the length of a side?

Sagot :

AL2006
Because when you build things with real wood and tools, negative length has no physical meaning. There are still two square roots, but we ignore the one that's not useful.