What square root equals 1258?

What square root equals 1258? In other words, what number would you take the square root of to get 1258? To solve this problem, we want to find x in the following equation:

√x = 1258

To solve the √x = 1258 equation, we first raise both sides to the power of 2 to eliminate the square root:

(√x)² = 1258²
x = 1258²

Then, we calculate 1258² to get the following answer:

1258² = 1258 × 1258
1258² = 1,582,564

√1,582,564 = 1258

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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