What is the square root of 5?

Here we will explain and calculate the square root of 5. First, note that the square root of 5 can be written with a mathematical symbol like this:

√5

When we calculate the square root of 5, the answer is the number (n) that you can multiply by itself that will equal 5. In other words, n × n should equal 5. Therefore, the equation to solve the problem is as follows:

n² = 5

And when we solve the equation above, we get the answer to the square root of 5:

√5 ≈ 2.23606797749979

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