Question

What inverse operation is used to isolate x from the expression x^2
(x squared)?

Answer 1

The square root function is used

You can write it out as
`√(x)` on your paper or type sqrt(x) on your keyboard.

For example,

x^2 = 36

sqrt( x^2 ) = sqrt( 36 ) ... apply square root to both sides

|x| = 6

x = 6 or x = -6