Why Positive Reals have 2 square roots

Many mathematicians just accept that positive reals have two roots by definition. Yet that is not very rigorous. So as line segments may be accepted as proportional to the reals numbers they can represent on the Cartesian Plane, I present a visual proof that geometrical symmetry leads to the appearance of two mean proportionals between the Unit (1) and the Real number whose roots are to be revealed!

 

Jonathan J. Crabtree

 
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descartes  euclid  geometric  newton  progression  root  roots  square 
Target Group (Age)
12 – 19+
Language
English
 
 
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