SOLUTION: meaning of x^2

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Question 527393: meaning of x^2
Answer by josmiceli(19441)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
can be any number, so
if you pick a number, say ,
then



and

In other words, to square something
is to multiply it by itself
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