What square root equals 2142?

What square root equals 2142? In other words, what number would you take the square root of to get 2142? To solve this problem, we want to find x in the following equation:

√x = 2142

To solve the √x = 2142 equation, we first raise both sides to the power of 2 to eliminate the square root:

(√x)² = 2142²
x = 2142²

Then, we calculate 2142² to get the following answer:

2142² = 2142 × 2142
2142² = 4,588,164

√4,588,164 = 2142

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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