What square root equals 2500?

What square root equals 2500? In other words, what number would you take the square root of to get 2500? To solve this problem, we want to find x in the following equation:

√x = 2500

To solve the √x = 2500 equation, we first raise both sides to the power of 2 to eliminate the square root:

(√x)² = 2500²
x = 2500²

Then, we calculate 2500² to get the following answer:

2500² = 2500 × 2500
2500² = 6,250,000

√6,250,000 = 2500

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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