SOLUTION: Does the square root of 0 equal udefined, no solution, or 0

Question 170180: Does the square root of 0 equal udefined, no solution, or 0
Found 3 solutions by Alan3354, scott8148, Electrified_Levi:
Answer by Alan3354(69443)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
http://www.physicsforums.com/showthread.php?t=159424
Depends on who you ask.
It's a matter of convention, similar to
0^0 = 1.

Answer by scott8148(6628)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
a square root is a number that when multiplied by ITSELF will result in the quantity that the number is the square root of

what number, multiplied by ITSELF, results in zero?

Hint: there is ONE other number that has this quality
Answer by Electrified_Levi(103)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Hi, Hope I can help,
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Does the square root of 0 equal undefined, no solution, or 0
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Here are some more examples
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or (-5) ( , or , , or )
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or (-3) ( , or , , or )
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The square root of a number is multiplied by itself to get the number inside the square root
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So for , what number multiplied by itself will equal "0"?
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The answer is "+0" or "-0", or just "0"
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( , or )
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It is not undefined, because it does exist, and no solution is the same as undefined
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So your answer is
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Hope I helped, Levi
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