What square root equals 1002?

What square root equals 1002? In other words, what number would you take the square root of to get 1002? To solve this problem, we want to find x in the following equation:

√x = 1002

To solve the √x = 1002 equation, we first raise both sides to the power of 2 to eliminate the square root:

(√x)² = 1002²
x = 1002²

Then, we calculate 1002² to get the following answer:

1002² = 1002 × 1002
1002² = 1,004,004

√1,004,004 = 1002

We've provided the equation above to help you understand the underlying concept of solving problems like this. In the future, remember that you can solve all similar problems by simply multiplying the number by itself.

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