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Square Roots of Perfect Squares

Find the principal square root of a perfect square written as n^2, and connect the result to the numbers that square to that value.

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Undoing a square

A perfect square is the result of squaring a whole number. Square roots reverse that process: if 12^2 = 144, then √144 = 12.