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minus-squareJackbyDevlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17·5 months agoOkay, fine the square roots of 100 are ±10.
minus-squareEheran@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 months agoSeems very inaccurate the we can only determine the square root to ±10.
minus-squaresevenapples@lemmygrad.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down3·5 months agoThat’s not how the square root is defined. You’re confusing “square root of 100” with “the answer to x^2 = 100”. These are different things.
minus-squareJackbyDevlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·5 months agoWhich is why I differentiated between square roots and the principle square root by saying the square roots instead of the square root on the second comment.
minus-squaresevenapples@lemmygrad.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down4·5 months agoso you came up with your own term to cover your mistake?
minus-squareDalvoron@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·5 months agoNope, everything they said is well established and correct
minus-squareJackbyDevlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·5 months agoNo, I was being pedantic to appease the pedantic assholes.
Okay, fine the square roots of 100 are ±10.
Seems very inaccurate the we can only determine the square root to ±10.
That’s not how the square root is defined.
You’re confusing “square root of 100” with “the answer to x^2 = 100”. These are different things.
Which is why I differentiated between square roots and the principle square root by saying the square roots instead of the square root on the second comment.
so you came up with your own term to cover your mistake?
Nope, everything they said is well established and correct
Oops, my bad
No, I was being pedantic to appease the pedantic assholes.