What square root equals 2542?

What square root equals 2542? In other words, what number would you take the square root of to get 2542? To solve this problem, we want to find x in the following equation:

√x = 2542

To solve the √x = 2542 equation, we first raise both sides to the power of 2 to eliminate the square root:

(√x)² = 2542²
x = 2542²

Then, we calculate 2542² to get the following answer:

2542² = 2542 × 2542
2542² = 6,461,764

√6,461,764 = 2542

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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