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Squares And Square Roots

Question
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Find the square roots of 100 and 169 by the method of repeated subtraction.

Solution

(i)space space space space space space space space space space space space space space square root of 100
          
      We have      100 - 1 = 99                 99 - 3 = 96            96 - 5 = 91
                        91 - 7 = 84                  84 - 9 = 75            75 - 11 = 64
                        64 - 13 = 51                 51 - 15 = 36           36 - 17 = 19
                         19 - 19 = 0

We reach at 0 by successive subtraction of 10 odd numbers.

  space space space space space space space space space space space space space square root of 100 = 10


(1i)space space space space space space space space space space space space space space square root of 169
          
      We have      169 - 1 = 168                 168 - 3 = 165            165 - 5 = 160
                       160 - 7 = 153                 153 - 9 = 144            144 - 11 = 133
                       133 - 13 = 120                120 - 15 = 105          105 - 17 = 88
                         88 - 19 = 69                   69 - 21 = 48             48 - 23 = 25
                         25 - 25 = 0

We reach at 0 by successive subtraction of 13 odd numbers.

  space space space space space space space space space space space space space square root of 169 = 13