Explain why the square root of a number is defined to be equal to that number to the 1/2 power.

Step-by-step explanation:

This is due to radical to exponent change property which is

We  can consider some examples as below;

Hence, the square root of a number is defined to be equal to that number to the power.

Or we sometimes solve square root by taking the power as

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