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minus-squareJackbyDev@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17·1 年前Okay, fine the square roots of 100 are ±10.
minus-squareEheran@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 年前Seems very inaccurate the we can only determine the square root to ±10.
minus-squaresevenapples@lemmygrad.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down3·1 年前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.
minus-squareJackbyDev@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·1 年前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.
minus-squaresevenapples@lemmygrad.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down4·1 年前so you came up with your own term to cover your mistake?
minus-squareDalvoron@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 年前Nope, everything they said is well established and correct
minus-squareJackbyDev@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 年前No, 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.