What inverse operation is used to isolate x from the expression x^2
(x squared)?

The square root function is used

You can write it out as on your paper or type sqrt(x) on your keyboard.

For example,

x^2 = 36

sqrt( x^2 ) = sqrt( 36 ) ... apply square root to both sides

|x| = 6

x = 6 or x = -6

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step-by-step explanation:

(x,y)

x tells you how much left or right you go from the origin

y tells you how much down or up you go from the origin

so for example (-3,2), you go left 3 and up twice. i denoted which of the ordered pairs is which in my graph.