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==Two square roots ==
 
==Two square roots ==
<math>x^2 = y</math>
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<math>\x^2 = y</math>
 
implies:
 
implies:
<math>x = |y|</math>.
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<math>\x = |y|</math>.
    
This shows that all numbers other than zero have two square roots, one positive and one negative: <ref>"Note that any positive real number has two square roots, one positive and one negative. For example, the square roots of 9 are -3 and +3, since (-3)^2==(+3)^2==9." [http://mathworld.wolfram.com/SquareRoot.html Wolfram Research] - Eric Weisstein </ref>
 
This shows that all numbers other than zero have two square roots, one positive and one negative: <ref>"Note that any positive real number has two square roots, one positive and one negative. For example, the square roots of 9 are -3 and +3, since (-3)^2==(+3)^2==9." [http://mathworld.wolfram.com/SquareRoot.html Wolfram Research] - Eric Weisstein </ref>
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