Question
what would be the inverse operation of x^2
Answers
GPT-4o mini
The inverse operation of \( x^2 \) is the square root operation. Specifically, if you have \( y = x^2 \), then to find \( x \), you would use the square root:
\[
x = \sqrt{y}
\]
However, since squaring a number can yield both a positive and a negative result, the complete form for the inverse would be:
\[
x = \pm \sqrt{y}
\]
This accounts for both the positive and negative roots.
\[
x = \sqrt{y}
\]
However, since squaring a number can yield both a positive and a negative result, the complete form for the inverse would be:
\[
x = \pm \sqrt{y}
\]
This accounts for both the positive and negative roots.