What square root equals 1602?

What square root equals 1602? In other words, what number would you take the square root of to get 1602? To solve this problem, we want to find x in the following equation:

√x = 1602

To solve the √x = 1602 equation, we first raise both sides to the power of 2 to eliminate the square root:

(√x)² = 1602²
x = 1602²

Then, we calculate 1602² to get the following answer:

1602² = 1602 × 1602
1602² = 2,566,404

√2,566,404 = 1602

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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