What square root equals 257?

What square root equals 257? In other words, what number would you take the square root of to get 257? To solve this problem, we want to find x in the following equation:

√x = 257

To solve the √x = 257 equation, we first raise both sides to the power of 2 to eliminate the square root:

(√x)² = 257²
x = 257²

Then, we calculate 257² to get the following answer:

257² = 257 × 257
257² = 66,049

√66,049 = 257

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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