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WTF, why wasn't I shown this at school!?!?!
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This method is not a general rule for calculating square roots; it only works by coincidence for a few specific numbers. For example, applying it to √16 yields 1 + 6 − 2 = 5, rather than the correct root of 4. youtube.com/watch?v=AEgGfp…
















