Question

True or False:(a) the square of a number Can be positive or negative

Answer 1

false.

• the square of a number can never be negative .
• the square of a number  is always positive.
• for eg : consider a negative number -5 then, the square of -5 = (-5)² = -5×-5= 25
• now , consider a positive number 5 then, the square of 5 = (5)² = 5×5=25
• here , in both the cases we see that the square of a positive as well as negative number is positive .

hence, the square of a number is always positive.

Answer 2

Answer:

false

Step-by-step explanation:

Because if we took the sqare root the the value will be in positive or negative