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[-] JackbyDev@programming.dev 17 points 3 months ago

Okay, fine the square roots of 100 are ±10.

[-] Eheran@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago

Seems very inaccurate the we can only determine the square root to +-10.

[-] sevenapples@lemmygrad.ml -1 points 3 months ago

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.

[-] JackbyDev@programming.dev 3 points 3 months ago

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.

[-] sevenapples@lemmygrad.ml -1 points 3 months ago

so you came up with your own term to cover your mistake?

[-] JackbyDev@programming.dev 2 points 3 months ago

No, I was being pedantic to appease the pedantic assholes.

[-] Dalvoron@lemm.ee 2 points 3 months ago

Nope, everything they said is well established and correct

[-] sevenapples@lemmygrad.ml 1 points 3 months ago

Oops, my bad

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