What square root equals 1280?

What square root equals 1280? In other words, what number would you take the square root of to get 1280? To solve this problem, we want to find x in the following equation:

√x = 1280

To solve the √x = 1280 equation, we first raise both sides to the power of 2 to eliminate the square root:

(√x)² = 1280²
x = 1280²

Then, we calculate 1280² to get the following answer:

1280² = 1280 × 1280
1280² = 1,638,400

√1,638,400 = 1280

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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