What square root equals 2017?

What square root equals 2017? In other words, what number would you take the square root of to get 2017? To solve this problem, we want to find x in the following equation:

√x = 2017

To solve the √x = 2017 equation, we first raise both sides to the power of 2 to eliminate the square root:

(√x)² = 2017²
x = 2017²

Then, we calculate 2017² to get the following answer:

2017² = 2017 × 2017
2017² = 4,068,289

√4,068,289 = 2017

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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