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$1.00 where did the origin of square root come
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- Due on Apr. 06, 2011
- Asked on Apr 03, 2011 at 4:46:49PM
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where did the origin of square root come from?
To which Monnie311 said: I just wanted to know how it came about, what is the origin of "the square root"
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Preview: ... function. The word was used by al-Khowarizmi in
his writings and was translated as radix in the Latin
translations of his algebra.
Square roots of integers that are not perfect squares are always irrational numbers : numbers not expressible as a ratio of two integers (that is to say they cannot be written exactly as m/ n, where n and m are integers). This is the theorem Eucli ...
The full tutorial is about 325 words long .
It first appeared in 1525
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Preview: ... "r", for radix (root), but there is no direct evidence that this is true. The symbol m ...
The full tutorial is about 79 words long plus attachments.

the origin of square root
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Preview: ... trying to show the square root as 1.14...
i ca ...
The full tutorial is about 39 words long .