The square of the square root of 17 is
(A) 4.1
(B) 16.8
(C) 17
(D) 282.6
(E) 289
The square of the square root of 17 is $(\sqrt{17})^{2}$, which equals 17 . The operations of squaring and taking a square root are inverses of each other.

ANswer: (C)