Question

what is the opposite of squaring a number?
doubling it
taking the square root
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Explanation:

Squaring a number means multiplying it by itself (e.g., \(3^2 = 9\)). The opposite operation (inverse) would reverse this. Taking the square root of a number (e.g., \(\sqrt{9} = 3\)) undoes the squaring operation. Doubling a number is multiplying by 2, which is not related to reversing squaring.

Answer:

The correct option is the one with "taking the square root" (the second option, though the identifier box is empty here, the text is "taking the square root"). So, the answer is the option labeled "taking the square root".