What square root equals 1208?

What square root equals 1208? In other words, what number would you take the square root of to get 1208? To solve this problem, we want to find x in the following equation:

√x = 1208

To solve the √x = 1208 equation, we first raise both sides to the power of 2 to eliminate the square root:

(√x)² = 1208²
x = 1208²

Then, we calculate 1208² to get the following answer:

1208² = 1208 × 1208
1208² = 1,459,264

√1,459,264 = 1208

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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