Can the square root of 25 be smaller then the square root of 16

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Madden Zamora

4 September, 20:25

Can the square root of 25 be smaller then the square root of 16

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Precious Navarro · Answer 1

Precious Navarro 4 September, 22:30

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Depends if it's negative or not

Camille Francis · Answer 2

Step-by-step explanation:

The two square roots of 16 are - 4 and + 4. The two square roots of 25 are - 5 and + 5. So if the question had been written "Can a square root of 25 be smaller than a square of 16?", then the answer would have been "Yes.", because - 5 is less than + 4.