How do you simplify the Square root of 196?

##sqrt(196) = 14## since ##14^2 = 14*14 = 196## Squaring is the opposite operation of square root.

Actually there are two solutions to ##x^2=196##: ##14## and ##-14##.

##14^2=14*14=196## and ##(-14)^2 = (-14)*(-14) = 196##

Only the positive square root is denoted by ##sqrt##