Square of Negative numbers

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Let’s take –3

           Square of –3 = (–3) 2

         = –3 × –3

         = 3 × 3

         = 9

 

So, square of a number is always positive

 

And, we saw that 3 2 = 9

So, (–3) 2 = 3 2

 

Therefore, when we square a negative number,

the answer is same as that when we square a positive number

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