What square root equals 1997?

What square root equals 1997? In other words, what number would you take the square root of to get 1997? To solve this problem, we want to find x in the following equation:

√x = 1997

To solve the √x = 1997 equation, we first raise both sides to the power of 2 to eliminate the square root:

(√x)² = 1997²
x = 1997²

Then, we calculate 1997² to get the following answer:

1997² = 1997 × 1997
1997² = 3,988,009

√3,988,009 = 1997

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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