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anyanavicka [17]
3 years ago
12

What does it mean to square a negative number​

Mathematics
2 answers:
igor_vitrenko [27]3 years ago
8 0
Squaring" means to multiply a number by itself. Squaring a positive number gets a positive result: (+5) × (+5) = +25. Squaring a negative number also gets a positive result: (−5) × (−5) = +25.
Andrej [43]3 years ago
5 0

Answer:

This is because to square a number just means to multiply it by itself. For example, (-2) squared is (-2)(-2) = 4. Note that this is positive because when you multiply two negative numbers you get a positive result.

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