What square root equals 1486?

What square root equals 1486? In other words, what number would you take the square root of to get 1486? To solve this problem, we want to find x in the following equation:

√x = 1486

To solve the √x = 1486 equation, we first raise both sides to the power of 2 to eliminate the square root:

(√x)² = 1486²
x = 1486²

Then, we calculate 1486² to get the following answer:

1486² = 1486 × 1486
1486² = 2,208,196

√2,208,196 = 1486

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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