Answer: 4 or
To find the square root of a number, remember that there will be two factors that are the same that will give you the product.
Lets start from 1:
1 x 1 = 1
2 x 2 = 4
3 x 3 = 9
4 x 4 = 16
As you can see, 4 x 4 is 16. To make sure I'm correct, remember that a square roots consists two identical factors.
4 and 4 are the same numbers.
Therefore, = 4
It can also be written as
An exponent represents repeated multiplication. For example, ...
... x^3 = x·x·x
... x^2 = x·x
If we divide these, the x's in the denominator cancel an equal number in the numerator:
... (x·x·x)/(x·x) = x
If we represent the repeated multiplication using exponents, we can represent the cancellation by subtraction:
... (x^3)/(x^2) = x^(3-2) = x^1 = x
Once we have this idea in mind that division can be done by subtracting denominator exponents, we can use it regardless of the magnitude or sign of the exponents involved.