What square root equals 1609?

What square root equals 1609? In other words, what number would you take the square root of to get 1609? To solve this problem, we want to find x in the following equation:

√x = 1609

To solve the √x = 1609 equation, we first raise both sides to the power of 2 to eliminate the square root:

(√x)² = 1609²
x = 1609²

Then, we calculate 1609² to get the following answer:

1609² = 1609 × 1609
1609² = 2,588,881

√2,588,881 = 1609

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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