Why should we square errors? How is that better than “cancelling out” errors? Shouldn’t errors be cancelled out? Please answer in 200-250 wordsRender, B., Stair, R. M., Jr., Hanna, M. E., & Ha

Why should we square errors?  How is that better than “cancelling out” errors?  Shouldn’t errors be cancelled out? Please answer in 200-250 words

Render, B., Stair, R. M., Jr., Hanna, M. E., & Hale, T. S. (2015). Quantitative analysis for management (12th ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson