Consider negative values.
(4)2 = (-4)2
16=16
A² = B². Yet A and B have different values. How is it possible?
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Patrick B. answered • 04/24/19
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They are opposites...
EX.
A=3 and B=-3, yet A^2 = B^2 = 9
IN general,
A = -b
SO
A^2 = (-b)^2 = B^2
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