SOLUTION: I don't understand how to figure out a square of a number. An example is 169. The square root of that is 13 but I thought it was 43 because square of 16 is 4 and square of 9 is 3
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Question 757458: I don't understand how to figure out a square of a number. An example is 169. The square root of that is 13 but I thought it was 43 because square of 16 is 4 and square of 9 is 3 so it makes it 43.
Please help me understand.
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Tazmeen Answer by josgarithmetic(39617) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Finding or understanding square of a number is not a trick. The concept is extremely clear: If n is a number, then is the square. If N is a number, then is a square. If y is a number, then is a square.
Using the number, 43, the square of 43 is .
Understand carefully, no whole number squared will give 43. Also, no rational number squared will give 43.
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