What square root equals 2042?

What square root equals 2042? In other words, what number would you take the square root of to get 2042? To solve this problem, we want to find x in the following equation:

√x = 2042

To solve the √x = 2042 equation, we first raise both sides to the power of 2 to eliminate the square root:

(√x)² = 2042²
x = 2042²

Then, we calculate 2042² to get the following answer:

2042² = 2042 × 2042
2042² = 4,169,764

√4,169,764 = 2042

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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