Monday, July 13, 2009

Monday Trivia

The answer to yesterday's question is:
Clint Eastwood.

Today's question is:
For how many numbers is the square of the number equal to the absolute value of the number itself?

8 comments:

PeggyU said...

Two, 0 and 1.

Carl Friedrich Gauss said...

Three. (-1,0,1)

Forest said...

3. The numbers are -1, 0, 1.

Anonymous said...

Two numbers: 1 and -1.

Anonymous said...

I believe the answer is two numbers: 1 and -1. They both square to 1, and each has an absolute value of 1.

chicopanther

Steve USMA '85 said...

-1, 0, 1

While not technically a number, you could advance the argument that -infinity and +infinity also have this property. Mind you, I wouldn't buy it, but you could float the argument.

WyerByter said...

2, 1 and -1

PeggyU said...

Well crap! I misread that! I thought you wanted numbers that equaled their squares AND their absolute values. That will teach me to pay attention!