Find Positive Square Root of 30

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find the positive square root of
70-20\sqrt{30}
 
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i reached a quadratic equation that is kind of my dead end

B square +170b-3000=0
 
xclusivzik said:
find the positive square root of
70-20\sqrt{30}
Are you sure that you have stated the problem correctly? The number $70 - 20\sqrt{30}$ is negative, so it does not have a real square root, positive or negative.