2007-05-05 00:17:05 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Mathematics
YA user !_! is right that the square root of 2 is irrational and therefore there is no way of writing it as a decimal in a finite span of time. As a decimal it continues without end and without repeating (so we cannot even write it with a bar over the top to represent a continuing pattern).
So the answer to your question, what is the square root of 2? It is the number which, when multiplied by itself (or squared), equals 2.
2007-05-05 00:47:05 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The square root of 2 is the irrational number √2 ≈ 1.41421356 (Sloane's A002193) sometimes known as Pythagoras's constant, which has the simple periodic continued fraction [1, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, ...] (Sloane's A040000).
2007-05-05 00:43:41 · answer #2 · answered by Tabby 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because the square root of two is an irrational number and cannot be written exactly as a number. The square root of two is just the square root of two, and that is how it is written in equations and such.
2007-05-05 01:34:46 · answer #3 · answered by warnsandersto100 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
square root(2) = 1.41421356
2007-05-05 00:35:57 · answer #4 · answered by mastermind 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
square root of 2 = 1.414...
it is irrational
it is better to refer to it as "square root of two" per se
by the way irrational means the number doesn't terminate and repeat, thus, it can't be literally written...
2007-05-05 00:23:23 · answer #5 · answered by !_! 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
square root of 2 = 1.414...
2007-05-05 01:24:44 · answer #6 · answered by Albert einstein 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
sqrt 2=1.41421356...
2007-05-05 04:05:45 · answer #7 · answered by Dave aka Spider Monkey 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
1.4142135. It is irrational
2007-05-05 00:24:45 · answer #8 · answered by AK 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
use your calculator
2
square root
the answer is 1,4142....
2007-05-05 00:42:37 · answer #9 · answered by iyiogrenci 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
1.4142
2007-05-05 00:20:21 · answer #10 · answered by ajay_4586 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋